help

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
田 meaning component

  Meaning component

tián

  

field

比 sound component

  Sound component

  

to compare

Evolution

毗 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
毗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毗 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
毗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

help, assist; connect, adjoin; to adjoin; to border on

() 

variant of [pí]

Most common words with 毗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毗邻

bordering

to adjoin

毗连

to adjoin