bīn

beach

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

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

宾 sound component

  Sound component

bīn

  

guest

Evolution

滨 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
滨 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
滨 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
滨 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

bīn

beach, sea coast; river bank; shore; beach; coast; bank; to border on

Most common words with 滨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海滨

shore

哈尔滨

Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China

shore

滨海

Binhai (place name)

横滨

Yokohama, Japan