that

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
彳 meaning component

  Meaning component

chì

  

walk

is a component form of .

皮 sound component

  Sound component

  

skin

Evolution

彼 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
彼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

that, there, those; that; those; (one) another

Most common words with 彼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

彼此

each other

彼得

Peter (name)

that

彼岸

the other shore

此起彼伏

repeating continuously