Character: 蔽
Modern (Beijing) reading: bì
Preclassic Old Chinese: pets
Classic Old Chinese: peć
Western Han Chinese: pjaś
Eastern Han Chinese: pjaś
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjeś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjèj
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjèj
Middle Chinese: pjèj
English meaning : verdict, decision
Russian meaning[s]: 1) покрыть, закрыть; обнять, охватить; прикрыть; защищать; 2) покрыть (преступление); 3) затмить; одурманить; приукрасить; обмануть; утаить; спрятать, скрыть; 4) мелкий, маленький
Comments: Also used in the combination 蔽芾 *pets-pǝts 'be covering, umbrageous, luxuriant'. This must be the original meaning ('verdict' < 'covering'), but it is attested as such only relatively late (since Late Zhou, notably in Chu-ci).
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 6211
Karlgren code: 0341 h
Shijing occurrences: 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
