婢 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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bì

servant girl

A humble 卑 woman 女; 卑 also provides the pronunciation

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

woman

bēi

humble, inferior

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bì

servant girl; your servant; slave girl; maid servant

Most common words with 婢

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	奴婢	slave servant
	婢女	slave girl
	婢	slave girl
	奴颜婢膝	bending and scraping to curry favor

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[b]eʔ	bjieX	bì	female slave or servant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3082nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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