bèi

obstinate

Evolution

誖 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
誖 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
誖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
誖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
誖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

bèi

obstinate; disorderly; perverse

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bèi

old variant of [bèi]

Most common words with 誖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

perverse

悖论

paradox (logic)

有悖于

to go against

并行不悖

not mutually exclusive

悖逆

contrary

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤut-s

bwojH

bèi

confused talk

*[b]ˤut

bwot

bèi

confused talk


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3148th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+8A96

Shuowen

“誖,亂也。从言,孛聲。悖,誖或从心。,籀文誖从二或。”


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