梵呗
fàn​bài

chanting

梵 fàn Buddhist

Phonosemantic compound. 林 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound.

Components

林
林 Meaning component
lín forest
凡
凡 Sound component
fán all

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbloms
bum
Unicodebhiæ̀m

說文解字

出自西域釋書，未詳意義。

Sources

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

呗 bei final particle of assertion Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 贝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 唄.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
贝
贝 Sound component
bèi sea shell

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

唄 bei final particle of assertion Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 貝 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
貝
貝 Sound component
bèi sea shell

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbraːds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang