箅 (bì): grate

Meanings

放上箅子，把包子蒸熟。

Fàng shàng bìzi, bǎ bāozi zhēng shú.

Put the steamer rack in and steam the buns.

下水道的箅子被树叶堵住了。

Xiàshuǐdào de bìzi bèi shùyè dǔ zhù le.

The drain grate was clogged with leaves.

usage

箅 is bound, used in 箅子: a perforated grid that holds food above water in a steamer, or a drain grate.

radical

⺮ zhú

bamboo

The bamboo cap, top form of 竹, recalls that a 箅 was originally a bamboo grid woven for the bottom of a steamer.

phonetic

畀 bì

to give

Supplies the sound bì exactly. It is the same character seen standing alone as 畀.

箅 bì