𰿾
pì

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No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闢 law Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbeɡ
Unicodebhiɛk

說文解字

開也。从門辟聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)