Chinese Character Wiki
匕

bǐ

spoon

Originally from two different ancient characters, one depicting a spoon and one depicting an upside-down person. 匕 can appear as a component in other characters based on either meaning.

Evolution

匕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
匕 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
匕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

匕  

bǐ

spoon, ladle; knife, dirk; dagger; ladle; ancient type of spoon

Most common words with 匕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匕首

dagger

匕

dagger

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

匙

Sound component in 8 characters (0 verified)

穎 颖 叱 鴇 鸨 牝 龀 庀

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

化 尼 旨 顷 頃

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

仑

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

颍

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pijʔ

pjijX

bǐ

ladle, spoon

*pijʔ

pjijX

bǐ

spoon


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.3135% of movies

3141st most common character in movies

3252nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+5315

Shuowen

“匕，相與比叙也。从反人。匕，亦所以用比取飯。一名柶。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.641

季旭昇《說文新證》p.644-646



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