懂中文 Dong Chinese

毖

bì

guard against

Components
比 meaning component

比  Meaning component

bǐ, bī, bì

  

to compare

compare

必 sound component

必  Sound component

bì

  

surely

Evolution

毖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
毖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

毖  

bì

guard against, take care; caution; careful; to prevent

Most common words with 毖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毖

careful

惩前毖后

lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again