贲
bēnBēnbì

forge ahead

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my mom

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Original meaning: adornment

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 卉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "adornment". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

犇
犇 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 犇 than it was in ancient scripts.
贝
贝 Meaning component
Change in meaning
贝 hints at the original meaning of 贲, "adornment", which is no longer the most common meaning of 贲 in modern Mandarin.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
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