剽
piāo

rob

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰews
bew
Unicodepiɛ̀u

說文解字

砭刺也。从刀𤐫聲。一曰剽，劫人也。

Sources

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