bǐng
grasp
Depicts a hand (又) holding a grain stalk (禾). Similar in origin to 兼.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 秉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to take orders | ||
to grasp | ||
innate character | ||
justly | ||
to uphold |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*praŋʔ | pjaengX | bǐng | grasp |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2809th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+79C9 |
Shuowen | “秉，禾束也。从又，持禾。” |
Sources
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