evergreen shrubs

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbeːɡs
preːɡ
Unicodebhèi

說文解字

牡贊也。从艸辟聲。

Sources

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