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绷

běng, bēng

bind

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繃.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

朋 sound component

朋  Sound component

péng

  

friend

Evolution

绷 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
绷 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
绷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
绷 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绷 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

绷 (繃) 

běng

bind, draw firmly, strap; to have a taut face

绷 (繃) 

bēng

to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat

绷 (綳) 

bēng

variant of 繃|绷[bēng]; variant of 繃|绷[běng]

Most common words with 绷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绷

to draw tight

绷带

bandage (loanword)

紧绷

to stretch taut

绷着脸

to have a taut face

紧绷绷

tight

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.4210% of movies

2535th most common character in movies

2978th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

繃

Unicode

U+7EF7


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