bright white

Depicts white powder () used as makeup to make the face () a lighter color.

Components

IconicRemnant component
fěn powder

Depicts white powder used as makeup.

Iconic component
(head), page

Depicts a head.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːds

說文解字

《說文》:“頪,難曉也。从頁、米。一曰鮮白皃。从粉省。”

Sources

Character origin
說文
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

𱂧 lèi Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode