pì
metaphor
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰek-s | phjieH | pì | example |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2441st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 20 |
Unicode | U+8B6C |
Shuowen | “譬,諭也。从言,辟聲。” |
Sources
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