Chinese

牌

pái
board; plate
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 4
  • radical 片
  • 12 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *breː, *breː): semantic 片 + phonetic 卑 (OC *pe).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese片 “thin piece; flake; slice”
  • soundChinese卑 “low; inferior”
    • ideaChinese甲 “shell; carapace”
    • ideaChinese𠂇 “hand”

Words built on it: 金牌

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