běngbēng

bind

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

崩 sound component

  Sound component

bēng

  

rupture

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

běng

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

() 

bēng

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

Most common words with 繃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to draw tight

绷带

bandage (loanword)

紧绷

to stretch taut

绷着脸

to have a taut face

紧绷绷

tight

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤrəŋ

peang

bēng

to bind around


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

17

Simplified

Unicode

U+7E43

Shuowen

“繃,束也。从糸,崩聲。《墨子》曰:‘禹葬會稽,桐棺三寸,葛以繃之。’”


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