彼
bǐ HSK5

that

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

皮
皮 Sound component
pí skin

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjeXpajʔ that

說文解字

《說文》：“彼，往有所加也。从彳，皮聲。”

Sources

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