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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern
Comparing the old pronunciations of 犇,奔,賁,卉, and 芔 makes it clear that 犇 was the 卉 that the Shuowen says is a sound component.
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Original meaning: adornment
Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning, 卉 represents the sound. Originally meant adornment. Later meanings are phonetic loans.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | pwon | pˤur | ardent, brave |
| pjeH | por-s | ornate (name of a hexagram) | |
| bjun | [b]ur | great, big |
說文解字
《說文》：“賁，飾也。从貝，卉聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)