Chinese Character Wiki
釆

biàn

distinguish

Pictograph of an animal's claw feeling for something.

Evolution

釆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
釆 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
釆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
釆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

釆  

biàn

distinguish; KangXi radical 165; old variant of 辨[biàn]

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (3 verified)

释 釋 悉 釉

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

番

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

番

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤre[n]-s

beanH

biàn

discriminate


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6798th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+91C6

Shuowen

“釆，辨別也。象獸指爪分別也。讀若辨。，古文釆。”


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