biān
whip
Phonosemantic compound. 革 represents the meaning and 便 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
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)
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