Chinese Character Wiki
賓

bīn

guest

Depicts a guest walking (止) into a house (宀) with a gift (貝).

Components
宀 iconic component

宀  Iconic component

mián

  

roof

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot.

貝 iconic component

貝  Iconic component

bèi

  

sea shell

In ancient China shells were used as currency.

Evolution

賓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
賓 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
賓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
賓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宾 (賓) 

bīn

guest, visitor; surname; submit; visitor; guest; object (in grammar)

Most common words with 賓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嘉宾

esteemed guest

宾馆

lodge

宾

visitor

菲律宾

the Philippines

贵宾

VIP

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (0 verified)

濱 鬢 繽 殯 嬪 檳 擯 髕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pi[n]

pjin

bīn

guest


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.8691% of movies

1356th most common character in movies

1534th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

宾

Unicode

U+8CD3

Shuowen

“賓，所敬也。从貝，聲。，古文。”


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