帷
wéi

tent

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 隹 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwijɢʷrijcurtain
Zhengzhangɢʷril
Unicodehyui

說文解字

在㫄曰帷。从巾隹聲。

Sources

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