bèi​miù

absurd

bèi be contradictory to

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
bó, bèi flourishing, thriving

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbwojH[b]ˤut-sconfused
bwot[b]ˤutconfused
Zhengzhangbɯːds
bɯːd

Sources

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

miù error Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

miù error Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartmjiwHm-riw-s (dialect: *m-r- > *mr-)lie, error < 'twist the truth'
Zhengzhangmrɯws

說文解字

狂者之妄言也。从言翏聲。

Sources

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