Character: 鄙
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: prǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: prǝ́
Western Han Chinese: prǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: prǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: pɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: píj
Late Postclassic Chinese: pí
Middle Chinese: pí
English meaning : border area, countryside, hinterland
Russian meaning[s]: 1) окраина; захолустье; деревня; 2) дикий, некультурный; 3) подлый, низкий; 4) презирать, пренебрегать; 5) вежл. мой
Comments: In Mand. also read bì. Sch. gives an extended meaning as 'probably outer perimeter of a state, area (including towns) distant from, or outside of, a state's capital.
Radical: 163
Four-angle index: 2149
