běng, bēng
bind
Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繃.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 绷
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to draw tight | ||
bandage (loanword) | ||
to stretch taut | ||
to have a taut face | ||
tight |
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 | 11 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+7EF7 |
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