bìn

encoffin

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
歹 meaning component

  Meaning component

dǎi

  

evil, bad

宾 sound component

  Sound component

bīn

  

guest

Evolution

殡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
殡 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
殡 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

bìn

encoffin; embalm; funeral; a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial

Most common words with 殡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

殡仪馆

the undertaker's

殡葬

funeral and interment

出殡

funeral

a funeral

殡殓

to bury sb

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.5377% of movies

2947th most common character in movies

3965th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Traditional

Unicode

U+6BA1


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