Dong Chinese dictionary

pí

spleen

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 卑 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

卑 Sound component

bēi

humble, inferior

脾 and 卑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.脾 /*m-[p]e/
卑 /*pe/, /*pe/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

pí

spleen, pancreas; disposition; spleen

Most common words with 脾

Sources