Dong Chinese dictionary

péi

accompany

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

咅 Sound component

pǒu

to spit out

陪 and 咅 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

péi

accompany, be with, keep company; to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 賠|赔[péi]

Most common words with 陪

Sources