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秕
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empty grain or rice husk

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
bǐ
ヒ
しいな
비
Components
禾 standing grain+ 比 compare =
秕 empty grain or rice husk
禾 Meaning component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
grain
比 Phonetic component
bǐ compare
to compare, liken
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
秕
Regular
Modern
Chinese
秕 [bǐ]
grain not fully grown; husks; withered grain; unripe grain
Japanese
粃 、 秕 しいな 、 しいだ (old) 、 しいら (old) 同音

noun

  1. empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object
  2. unripe fruit
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
秕糠 [bǐ​kāng] #68,865
chaff
秕子 [bǐ​zi] #72,049
blighted grain
糠秕 [kāng​bǐ]
same as 秕糠[bǐ​kāng]
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
粃 [しいな] #149,721
empty grain husk