bì
to give
Originally a pictograph of an arrow with a large arrowhead. Unrelated to the current meaning "give", which is a phonetic loan.
Oracle script
Bronze script
Seal script
Clerical script
Regular script
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pi[t]-s | pjijH | bì | give |
Not found in HSK word list
5859th most common character in books
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+7540 |
Shuowen | “畀,相付與之,約在閣上也。从丌,甶聲。” |