秕 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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bǐ

empty grain or rice husk

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé

grain stalk

grain

比 Sound component

bǐ, bī, bì

to compare

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bǐ

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

bǐ

variant of 秕[bǐ]

Most common words with 秕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*pijʔ	pjijX	bǐ	chaff; petty

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6313th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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