smell

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

 

smell, fragrance, aroma; (phonetic); fragrant

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤi[t]

bet

fragrant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7247th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+82FE

Shuowen

“苾,馨香也。从艸,必聲。”


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