Read Edit View history 䇫 jī bamboo-splints Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 《說文》:“,取蟣比也。从竹,聲。” Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)