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bǐBǐbī HSK1

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  • edit character approved 比 — "Rollback x8fGrnfxo2cQ56ZuA" by inralback19
    Hint
    Pictograph of two people side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". → Two spoons side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". 匕 also represents the sound.
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • + 匕 SoundIconic Depicts a spoon.
    • - 人 Iconic
    Historical images
    • Clerical (Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD))
      • era: Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC) → Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
    Sources
    • + 尤梓竹《甲骨文字考釋提要（一）》p.56
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.725

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

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  • edit character approved 比 — "Rollback CCXpq3AgCfdis6rce" by inralback19
    Hint
    Two spoons side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". 匕 also represents the sound. → Pictograph of two people side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare".
    Components
    • + 人 Iconic
    • - 匕 SoundIconic
    Historical images
    • Clerical (Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC))
      • era: Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) → Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images

    edit character by inralback19

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  • edit character approved 比 — "Change explanation" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Two people side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". → Two spoons side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". 匕 also represents the sound.
    Components
    • + 匕 SoundIconic Depicts a spoon.
    • - 人 Iconic
    Sources
    • + 尤梓竹《甲骨文字考釋提要（一）》p.56
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.725
    • - 漢語多功能字庫

    Changed: hint, components, sources

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  • edit character approved 比 — "verify" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Two spoons side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare". 匕 also represents the sound. → Two people side-by-side, conveying the meaning "to put together", "match", or "compare".
    Components
    • + 人 Iconic
    • - 匕 SoundIconic
    Sources
    • + 漢語多功能字庫
    • - 尤梓竹《甲骨文字考釋提要（一）》p.56
    • - 李学勤《字源》p.725

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

    edit character by Peter Olson

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