píng

lean on

Leaning on (trusting) a table 

Components
任 meaning component

  Meaning component

rènrén

  

responsibility

几 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

small table

Evolution

凭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
凭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

píng

lean on, depend on, rely on; to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof

() 

píng

variant of |[píng]

Most common words with 凭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to rely on

凭借

to rely on

文凭

diploma

凭空

baseless (lie)

凭证

proof