Dong Chinese dictionary

péi

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裵.

Components

衣 Meaning component

yī, yì

clothes

非 Sound component

fēi

not

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

péi

surname; look of a flowing gown; (of a garment) long and flowing

Péi

surname Pei

péi

variant of 裴[péi]

Most common words with 裴

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	裴	surname Pei
	裴济	Fiji, island of Oceania

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