Unicode: U+7A17

Pinyin: bài

Definition

* 一年生草本植物,长在稻田里或低湿的地方,形状像稻,是稻田的害草。果实可酿酒、做饲料。 * 喻微小的,琐碎的。 ~官(古代的一种小官,专给帝王述说街谈巷议、市井传闻。后泛称记载轶闻琐事的文字为"~~野史")。~史(记载轶闻琐事的书)

darnels, weeds, tares small

Structure

稗 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
71_E76C
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_7A17
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
71_E76C

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC