Chinese Character Wiki
畢

bì

finish

Original meaning: 

hunting net

Depicts a of hunting net (𠦒) used in a field (田) to catch birds or rabbits. Based on the original meaning "hunting net". The meaning later shifted to "finish".

Components
田 iconic component

田  Iconic component

tián

  

field

𠦒 iconic component

𠦒  Iconic component

bān

  

net for catching birds or rabbits

Depicts a net with a handle for catching birds or rabbits.

Evolution

畢 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
畢 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
畢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

毕 (畢) 

bì

end, finish, conclude; completed; the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished

毕 (畢) 

Bì

surname Bi

Most common words with 畢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毕业

graduation

毕竟

after all

完毕

to finish

毕业生

graduate

毕

to finish

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

嗶 蓽 篳

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pi[t]

pjit

bì

wooden fork

*pi[t]

pjit

bì

bird-net

*pi[t]

pjit

bì

finish (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 34.8230% of movies

1031st most common character in movies

1093rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

毕

Unicode

U+7562

Shuowen

“畢，田罔也。从，象畢形微也。或曰甶聲。”


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