Character: 俾
Modern (Beijing) reading: bì
Preclassic Old Chinese: peʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pé
Western Han Chinese: pé
Eastern Han Chinese: pjé
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjé
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjé
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjé
Middle Chinese: pjé
English meaning : to cause or make someone do something
Russian meaning[s]: заставлять, побуждать; побудительный глагол, соответствующий 使
Comments: The Guang-yun fanqie and the modern reading bì point to MC bjé, OC *beʔ.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 2280
Karlgren code: 0874 c
Shijing occurrences: 27.3, 29.3
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