Character: 枇
Modern (Beijing) reading: pí
Preclassic Old Chinese: bijs
Classic Old Chinese: bić
Western Han Chinese: bjǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: bjǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: bjiś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bjìj
Late Postclassic Chinese: bjì
Middle Chinese: bjì
English meaning : comb [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: бот. хива, мушмула японская (Eriobotria japonica)
Comments: For *b cf. Fuzhou pe6, Jianou pi9. Read as *bij, MC bji, modern pí in 枇杷 *bij-brā (Han) 'Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.'. During LZ the character is attested only as a loan for 匕 *pijʔ 'spoon'.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 6927
