yǐng HSK7

rice tassel

Components

Sound component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)
Meaning component
grain stalk

rice

Unknown component
page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yǐng rice tassel Traditional

Components

Sound component
bǐ, pìn spoon, (person)
Meaning component
grain stalk

rice

Unknown component
(head), page

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartywengX[ɢ]ʷeŋʔpoint of an ear of grain
Zhengzhangɢʷeŋʔ
Unicodeiuɛ̌ng

說文解字

禾末也。从禾頃聲。《詩》曰:“禾穎穟穟。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica