servant girl

A humble  woman  also provides the pronunciation

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

卑 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

bēi

  

humble, inferior

Evolution

婢 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
婢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
婢 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
婢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

servant girl; your servant; slave girl; maid servant

Most common words with 婢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奴婢

slave servant

婢女

slave girl

slave girl

奴颜婢膝

bending and scraping to curry favor