bīn
beach
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 賓 represents the sound.
Evolution

Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 濱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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shore | ||
Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēilóngjiāng] in northeast China | ||
shore | ||
Binhai (place name) | ||
Yokohama, Japan |
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