handle

HSK 10

bì

ヒ、ヒツ、ビチ

にぎり、ふる

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 必 represents the sound. Originally written as 必, a pictograph of a weapon.

Components

柲 handle

木

木 Meaning component

mù tree

必

必 Phonetic component

bì certainly

surely, most certainly

Depicts a weapon.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

柲

Regular

Modern

Chinese

柲 [bì]

weapon handle of bamboo strips

Japanese

柯、柲 (old) ふる同音

noun rare handle of an axe; handle of a hatchet

Example Sentences

JAPANESE WORDS (1)