to give

Originally a pictograph of an arrow with a large arrowhead. Unrelated to the current meaning "give", which is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

畀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
畀 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
畀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to give; to confer on; to give to

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pi[t]-s

pjijH

give


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5859th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7540

Shuowen

“畀,相付與之,約在閣上也。从丌,甶聲。”


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