濞

bì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 used in the place name 漾濞 (a county in Yunnan)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yàngbì Yízú Zìzhìxiàn wèiyú Yúnnán xībù.
Yangbi Yi Autonomous County lies in western Yunnan.

Tips

history
濞 is not used independently in modern Chinese. As bì it survives only in the Yunnan place name 漾濞; a separate classical reading pì was an onomatopoeia for a roaring sound. It joins the water radical 氵 with the phonetic 鼻.
register
Archaic and bound; today seen only in the place name and old texts, not in ordinary speech.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
The three-drop water radical 氵 (the side form of 水) fits the original water-related senses - a river name and the sound of rushing water.
phonetic
鼻 bí
nose
Supplies the sound (reading shifted from bí to bì). It contributes only the phonetic frame, not its 'nose' meaning.

Stroke Order

濞 bì