biān

whip

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 便 represents the sound.

Components
革 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

leather

便 sound component

便  Sound component

biànpián

  

convenience

Evolution

鞭 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
鞭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

biān

whip; string of firecrackers; whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)

Most common words with 鞭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to flog

鞭炮

firecrackers

鞭子

whip

鞭打

to whip

鞭策

to spur on