pìn
hire, employ
Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 甹 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
pìn
engage, employ; betroth; to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman)
Most common words with 聘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to recruit | ||
to engage | ||
to hire | ||
to accept a job offer | ||
to employ |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*p.leŋ-s | pjiengH | pìn | inquire; invite |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.0937% of movies
2422nd most common character in movies
2253rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+8058 |
Shuowen | “聘，訪也。从耳，甹聲。” |
Sources
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