bēi​jié

stele

  • created sense approved 碑碣 · bēi​jié · stele — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    碑碣

    bēi​jié

    stele

    A general term for inscribed stone tablets or monuments; historically, a square-topped stone was called a bēi ([[碑|碑|bei1]]) and a round-topped stone was called a jié ([[碣|碣|jie2]])

    碑 (literal) → 碑 · bēi · stele 碣 (literal) → 碣 · jié · stone tablet

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense