Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
毘 (9)
ヒ ; ビ
As per 比 (Type 1 Phonetic) (line up) + 田 (not field but rather fontanels, as described in 思) → fusing of fontanels in an infant's skull → connect; (ad)join. Also, help/assist (← join another and lend assistance ← [ad]join), as well as the navel (← spot marking the one-time connecting point between mother and infant). Logically, the classifier for 毘 should be 田, but it is traditionally given as 比.
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