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繃

běng, bēng

bind

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 崩 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

崩 sound component

崩  Sound component

bēng

  

rupture

Evolution

繃 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
繃 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
繃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

绷 (繃) 

běng

bind, draw firmly, strap; to have a taut face

绷 (繃) 

bēng

to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat

Most common words with 繃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绷

to draw tight

绷带

bandage (loanword)

紧绷

to stretch taut

绷着脸

to have a taut face

紧绷绷

tight

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤrəŋ

peang

bēng

to bind around


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 4.4210% of movies

2535th most common character in movies

2978th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

绷

Unicode

U+7E43

Shuowen

“繃，束也。从糸，崩聲。《墨子》曰：‘禹葬會稽，桐棺三寸，葛以繃之。’”


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