秕

粃
bǐ
#6,174 most
frequent character
variant of 秕[bi3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

秕 joins 禾 grain with 比 bǐ, which supplies the sound. It first meant rice grain that had not matured. Later it meant withered grain.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

秕bǐ
grain not fully grown, husks

Homophones

HSK 2
比bǐ
"(particle used for comparison and ""-er than"")
笔bǐ
pen
彼bǐ
that, those, (one) another

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