芭菲
bā​fēi

parfait

芭 bā, pā plantain or banana palm

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

巴
巴 Sound component
ba, bā to wish

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpraː
Unicodeba

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

菲 fēi, fěi, fèi fragrant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯl
pʰɯlʔ
bɯls
Unicodepiəi
piə̌i

說文解字

芴也。从艸非聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)