fěi

round or oval covered-baskets with short legs

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
fěi bandits

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpɯlʔ
Unicodebiəi

說文解字

車笭也。从竹匪聲。

Sources

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