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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- bei1
- English meanings
- a monument, an upright stone tablet, stele, CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 石; right 卑.
Meaning & sound clues
石 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “stone”.
卑 is identified as the sound component (bēi). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 碑.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
times
north
low; humble
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sad; sorrow
exhausted; tired
measure word (containers)
in 狼狈: sorry state
learn by heart
by
shell; cowrie
class
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