Zi:匕

匕 [bǐ] (​古) close/juxtaposed, compare/compete (​比); 匕​首 dagger; ​枇/​朼 spoon; (​𠤕/​𥎨) arrowhead; (radical 21, 匕​部); (HDZ:) …; (!​𠤎) [pìn] ​牝

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►⁵bǐ ​匕 {E} n. an ancient type of spoon ◆b.f. dagger ►bị̌shǒu 匕首

The Shuōwén Seal form of 匕(​􁙕) bǐ ‘person (facing right/west); compare (​比); spoon (​柶)’ is said to be the reverse of ​人(​􁕎) rén ‘person (facing left/east)’: the Seal forms 匕(​􁙕) and ​人(​􁕎) are similar in comparison, but reflected horizontally.
    Compare: ​比(​􁙢) bǐ ‘close/juxtaposed; compare/compete’ (doubling 匕), formerly wr. 匕.
    Note: The character 匕 is also said to represent a spoon ​柶(​􁀘) sì ‘ritual spoon’ (cf. ​枇/​朼), as in ​匙(​􁙖) chí ‘spoon’, ​旨(​􀴠​𠤔) zhǐ ‘tasty’, ​皀(​􀷕) jí/xiāng/bī ‘grain’, ​鬯(​􀷙) chàng ‘fragrant liquor’; cf. ​䚙(​􀱏​𧣰) xuān ‘spoon made of animal horn’ (​角匕).
    Compare: 匕/​匙(​􁙖) chí ‘long-handled shallow/pointed spoon’ (​汤​勺); 匕​首 bǐshǒu ‘dagger’ (arrow/spearhead); DYC comments on ‘knife/arrowhead/spoon’ (cf. ​匙, ​鍉, ​㮛).
    Compare: ​勺(​􂟿) shuò/sháo ‘ladle/spoon’ (full of sth.), in which ​勹(​􂂏​𠃉) ‘spoon’; later wr. ​杓, and ​酌(​􂦟).
    Note: The character 匕 is also said to be an old wr. of ​牝(​􀌌) pìn ‘female (animal)’ (cf. SBGY: ​髕).
    Compare: ​𠤎(​􁙐) ‘person upside-down’ (​􁙔​化), sometimes also wr. 匕, esp. in compounds.
    Compare: ​脑/​腦(​􁙚​匘) nǎo ‘brain’, in which the old left-side component is 匕.
    HDZ: 匕 : bǐ : ​比: ​并​列, ​比​较; ​汤​勺 (cf. ​匙); 匕​首; ​箭​头 (cf. ​𠤕/​𥎨/​矢, ​𠤗/​𠤜, ​疑) • pìn : ​牝: ​畜​母: ​雌​性​的 (​鸟​兽)
    HDC:匕​箸/​筯 : ​食​具, ​羹​匙​和​筷​子; ​饮​食
►references: Guǎngyùn:248.06; Wieger:26b; Karlgren:AD713,93,GSR565a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.261.15; Mathews:5076; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:152.18; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.1.05; Wáng(1993):7
►Cantonese: beih-
Shuōwén: ​􁙕(匕)
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Unicode: U+5315
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