牌pái
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牌
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牌 is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 片 indicating a wooden board, combined with the phonetic 卑. The radical 片 is a pictogram of a split piece of wood, representing a plank. The phonetic 卑 provides the sound, and the character came to mean a signboard or card made of wood.
Pinyin
pái· HSK 2