閟
bì
hide
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pri[t]-s | pijH | bì | to shut, close |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
7023rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+959F |
Shuowen | “閟，閉門也。从門，必聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘閟門而與之言。’” |
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