fine-toothed comb

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
𣬉
𣬉 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpiː
bis

說文解字

《說文新附》:“篦,導也。今俗謂之篦。从竹,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica