drum carried on horseback

Components

Sound component
drum
Meaning component
bēi humble, inferior

drum

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbej[b]ˤesmall hand-drum
Zhengzhangbeː
Unicodebhei

說文解字

騎鼓也。从鼓卑聲。

Sources

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