bīn

guest

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
宀 meaning component

  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

兵 sound component

  Sound component

bīng

  

soldier

Evolution

宾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
宾 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
宾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宾 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
宾 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

bīn

guest, visitor; surname; submit; visitor; guest; object (in grammar)

Most common words with 宾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嘉宾

esteemed guest

宾馆

lodge

visitor

菲律宾

the Philippines

贵宾

VIP

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 10 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 18.8691% of movies

1356th most common character in movies

1534th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+5BBE


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