批
pī HSK3

criticize

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰiː
Unicodepei

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang