Chinese Character Wiki
禀

bǐng

report to

Original meaning: 

grain storage facility

Simplified form of 稟. Depicts a granary (㐭) for storing grains (禾) in. 㐭 also represents the sound. Similar in origin to 嗇. Based on the original meaning "grain storage facility". The meaning later shifted to "to endow" and "report to".

Components
㐭 sound,iconic component

㐭  Sound Iconic component

lǐn

  

granary

示 simplified component

示  Simplified component

shì

  

show

Shorthand for the 禾 component in the traditional character 稟.

Evolution

禀 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
禀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
禀 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
禀 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
禀 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

禀 (稟) 

bǐng

report to, petition; to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow; to receive; petition

Most common words with 禀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

禀

to give

禀报

to report (to one's superior)

禀告

to report (to one's superior)

禀赋

gift

禀性

natural disposition

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

凛 懔 廪 檩

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p.rimʔ

limX

bǐng

rations

*p.rimʔ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)

pimX

bǐng

rations; receive


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2945th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

稟

Unicode

U+7980


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