斃
bì

kill

Phonosemantic compound. 死 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

Components

死
死 Meaning component
sǐ die
敝
敝 Sound component
bì worn out

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjiejH[b]e[t]-sfall down (from wound or illness)
Zhengzhangbeds
bed
Unicodebhiɛ̀i

Sources

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

毙 bì kill Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 死 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound. Simplified form of 斃.

Components

死
死 Meaning component
sǐ die
比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode