empty grain or rice husk

Components
禾 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

grain stalk

grain

比 sound component

  Sound component

  

to compare

Evolution

秕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

empty grain or rice husk, chaff; grain not fully grown; husks; withered grain; unripe grain

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variant of [bǐ]

Most common words with 秕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

husks

秕糠

chaff

秕子

blighted grain