Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pjɨjX | pəjʔ | bamboo basket; bandit |
| Zhengzhang | pɯlʔ | ||
| Unicode | piə̌i |
說文解字
器，似竹筐。从匚非聲。《逸周書》曰：“實玄黃于匪。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Traditional
Original meaning: side of a shoe
Phonosemantic compound. 帛 represents the meaning and 封 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "side of a shoe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | paːŋ |
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang