bīn

riverside

Depicts a person standing () on the shore wading () in shallow water.

Components
涉 iconic component

  Iconic component

shè

  

wade

页 iconic component

  Iconic component

xié

  

page

Depicts a head on top of a person.

Evolution

濒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
濒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
濒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
濒 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
濒 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

bīn

approach, be on verge of; near; to approach; to border on

Most common words with 濒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

濒临

on the edge of

濒危

endangered (species)

濒死

nearing death

near

濒于

near to

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.4347% of movies

2968th most common character in movies

3153rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Traditional

Unicode

U+6FD2


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