favorite

Components

Sound component
pì, bì law
Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpejHpˤek-sfavorite (n.)
Zhengzhangpeːɡs

說文解字

便嬖、愛也。从女辟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica