bǎi

to open

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

hand

卑 sound component

  Sound component

bēi

  

humble, inferior

Evolution

捭 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
捭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捭 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
捭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bǎi

to open; to spread out

 

variant of [bò]; to separate; to split