Dong Chinese dictionary

biān

whip

Original form of 鞭 (whip). Depicts a hand holding a whip or a staff. 免 was later added as sound component.

Components

免 Sound component

miǎn, wèn

(hat), avoid

Originally 丙 (pedestal), which was thought to depict a cart, before corrupting into sound component 免.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 免 than it was in ancient scripts.

攴 Iconic component

pū

tap

Depicts a hand holding a whip or staff.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

biān

whip

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》 p.188