笾
biān

bamboo container for food

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

边
边 Sound component
biān, bian edge

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

籩 bamboo container for food Traditional

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjienpe[n]kind of vessel
Zhengzhangmpeːn

Sources

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