Unicode: U+959F

Pinyin: bì

Definition

* 古同"闭":"君之门兮九重~。" * 掩蔽:"绾愈恐,~匿。" * 止;尽:"我思不~。" * 幽静:"肃肃僧寮清,穆穆禅宫~。" * 古通"秘",便秘:"其病癃~。" * 古通"祕"(a.神秘。b.秘密)。 * 慎重;珍重:"……而~惜英断,以重违天下之心哉?"

hide, keep secret; hideaway

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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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 ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC