Chinese Etymology


Character Input:
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 5FC5
GB2312-80 := B1D8


Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 5FC5
Big5 := A5B2

Phonetic (聲字部分): 八 ba1 (possible)

Signific (有意部分): 必 remnant

Etymology (文字來源): Remnant Primitive, Separation 八 of dividers 弋

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): bit10

Taiwanese (台灣話): boeh4 beh4 pit4

English Senses For (英文): bi4
most certainly / must / necessarily / an emphatic particle

ShuoWen (说文解字):
分極也從八弋弋亦聲

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


s00798
  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

L37660 L37661 L37662 L25826 L25827 L25828 L25829


L25830 L25831 L25832 L25833
  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 


b01070 b01071 b01072 b01073 b01074
  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters 



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