phonetic map : 丕 pi
goulnik
October 10, 2008, 10:52 AM posted in General Discussion
henning
October 11, 2008, 08:54 AMCSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):
丕@pī@large; great
丕绩@great@achievements
呸@pēi@pah; bah; pooh!
土坯@tǔpī@n. sun-dried mud brick
坯@pī@semifinished; earthen brick
坯品@pīpǐn@semi-processed product
狉狉@pīpī@roaming beast
胚@pēi@embryo
胚珠@pēizhū@ovule
胚胎@pēitāi@embryo
苤蓝@piělan@kohlrabi
changye
October 10, 2008, 12:00 PMThe character “不” have several meanings in classical Chinese. One of them is "large", although it's a very old usage. Interestingly, "不" (pi1, not bu4) and "丕" (pi1) were sometimes used interchangeably to mean "large" more than two thousand years ago. Actually, both characters had the same shape in bronze inscriptions (金文).