屁
pì
#2,290 most
frequent character
fart, flatulence, nonsense
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
屁 joins 尸, a squatting person, as the meaning part, with 比 bǐ, which supplies the sound. It first meant 'to fart; fart'. From that came 'butt; buttocks' and then 'nonsense'.
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