坒
bì

to compare

Comparing 比 pottery 土; 比 also provides the pronunciation

Components

比
比 SoundMeaning component
bǐ to compare
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

陛狴

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbis
biɡ

說文解字

地相次比也。衞大夫貞子名坒。从土比聲。

Sources

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