扉
fēi

door panel

Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjɨjpə[j]wooden door-leaf
Zhengzhangpɯl
Unicodebiəi

說文解字

戶扇也。从戶非聲。

Sources

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