Dong Chinese dictionary

bīn

guest

Depicts a guest walking (止) into a house (宀) with a gift (貝).

Components

宀 Iconic component

mián

roof

止 Iconic component

zhǐ

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 止 than it was in ancient scripts.

貝 Iconic component

bèi

sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

宾 (賓)

bīn

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

Most common words with 賓

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	嘉宾	esteemed guest
	宾馆	lodge
	宾	visitor
	菲律宾	the Philippines
	贵宾	VIP

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (0 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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