a parapet on a city wall

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

city

卑 sound component

  Sound component

bēi

  

humble, inferior

Evolution

陴 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
陴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

a parapet on a city wall; parapet