庇
bì

cover

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjijpijcover; protect
pjijHpij-scover; protect
Zhengzhangpis
Unicodebì

說文解字

蔭也。从广比聲。

Sources

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