bēi​kè

inscription

bēi stone tablet

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Sound component
bēi humble, inferior

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjeprestele; upright pole of stone or wood
Zhengzhangpre
Unicodebyɛ

說文解字

豎石也。从石卑聲。

Sources

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

carve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhok[kʰ]ˤək cut, engrave

說文解字

《說文》:“刻,鏤也。从刀,亥聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica