pèi

flag ornament

Components

Meaning component
fāng, fang square

flag

巿
巿 Sound component
fú, pó ceremonial knee coverings

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangboːbs
Unicodebhɑ̀i

說文解字

繼旐之旗也,沛然而垂。从㫃𣎵聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica