← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 9, 2021, 06:26 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 9, 2021, 06:26 PM
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Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.
Components
Change in sound
啤 and 卑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese.