Character: 畢
Modern (Beijing) reading: bì
Preclassic Old Chinese: pit
Classic Old Chinese: pit
Western Han Chinese: pjǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: pjǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjit
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjit
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjit
Middle Chinese: pjit
English meaning : fork
Russian meaning[s]: 1) кончить(ся), закончить(ся), окончить; окончание; заключение; в заключение; конец; до конца; сполна; все; все; совершенно; 2) Би (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *pit 'to finish, complete'. This meaning can be connected with 閉 *pīt, *pīt-s and 閟 *prit-s 'to close, shut'.
Radical: 102
Four-angle index: 2569
Karlgren code: 0407 a-d
