xíng
surname
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 开 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 邢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Xing | ||
also Xingtai county | ||
Xingtai prefecture level city in Hebei | ||
Xingtai county in Xingtai 邢台[Xíngtái], Hebei | ||
Xingtai county (old name) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤeŋ | heng | xíng | Xíng (place name) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3382nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+90A2 |
Shuowen | “邢,周公子所封,地近河內懷。从邑,幵聲。” |
Sources
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