Chinese Character Wiki

陴

pí

a parapet on a city wall

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

city

卑 sound component

卑  Sound component

bēi

  

humble, inferior

Evolution

陴 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
陴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

陴  

pí

a parapet on a city wall; parapet

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6750th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9674

Shuowen

“陴，城上女牆俾倪也。从，卑聲。，籀文陴从。”


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