jade

A stone  like amber  also provides the pronunciation

Components
珀 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

amber

石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

Evolution

碧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
碧 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
碧 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
碧 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
碧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jade; green, blue; green jade; bluish green; blue

Most common words with 碧
Freq.
Word
Meaning

blue

碧眼

blue eyes

雪碧

Sprite (soft drink)

碧绿

dark green

金碧辉煌

gold and jade in glorious splendor (idiom)