Unicode: U+9642

Pinyin: bēi bì pō pí

Definition

bēi:* 池塘。 ~塘。~池。千顷之~。 * 水边,水岸。 东海之~。 * 山坡,斜坡:"~南~北鸦阵黑,舍西舍东枫叶赤"。 pí:* [黄陂]地名,在湖北省武汉。 pō:* [陂陀](—tuó)倾斜不平

dam, embankment; reservoir

Structure

陂 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.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