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rǎngbì

make way

rǎng, ràng, níng seize

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

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

襄 Sound component

xiāng aid

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nyang	naŋ	oppose, disturb; steal; expel
	nyangX	naŋʔ	oppose; disturb
Zhengzhang		njaŋ
		njaŋʔ
		njaŋs

說文解字

推也。从手襄聲。

Sources

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

pì, bì law

Depicts punishing a kneeling person (卩) with a curved knife (䇂).

Components

卩 Iconic component

jié person kneeling

䇂 Iconic component

qiān sickle, curved blade

Depicts a curved knife used to punish criminals.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

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Component uses

Sound (3 of 21 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bek	[b]ˤek	inner coffin
	bjiek	[N]-pek	law, rule; lawful
	pjiek	pek	ruler, prince

說文解字

《說文》：“辟，法也。从卩，从辛，節制其辠也；从口，用法者也。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

攘 rǎng, ràng, níng seize

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辟 pì, bì law

Components

Character Evolution

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Sound (3 of 21 verified)

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rǎng, ràng, níng seize

pì, bì law