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啤
pí HSK3

beer

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
卑
卑 Sound component
bēi humble, inferior
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.

Sources

Character origin
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