one's deceased mother

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

woman

比 sound component

  Sound component

  

to compare

Evolution

妣 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
妣 Bronze script Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
妣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
妣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

one's deceased mother; deceased mother

Most common words with 妣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

deceased mother

先妣

deceased mother