bǐ
spoon, (person)
Depicts a spoon. 匕 as a component can be sometimes used to depict a person.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pijʔ | pjijX | bǐ | ladle, spoon |
*pijʔ | pjijX | bǐ | spoon |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.3135% of movies
3141st most common character in movies
3252nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 2 |
Unicode | U+5315 |
Shuowen | “匕,相與比叙也。从反人。匕,亦所以用比取飯。一名柶。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.644-646
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