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傧

bīn

to entertain guests

💡 Ideographic: Someone 亻 who hosts guests 宾; 宾 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (58%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

guest, visitor; surname; submit

⿰亻宾 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

bīn

宾

guest, visitor; surname; submit

💡 Ideographic: A solider 兵 quartered under one's roof 宀

10 strokes HSK 2

gài

宀

roof; house

3 strokes

bīng

兵

soldier; troops, an army; warlike

💡 Ideographic: Two hands 八 holding an axe 丘

7 strokes HSK 5

qiū

丘

mound, hill; surname

📷 Pictographic: Two hills

5 strokes HSK 6

jīn

斤

a catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd

4 strokes HSK 3

chǎng

厂

cliff; factory, workshop; building

2 strokes HSK 5

xià

下

below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next

💡 Ideographic: One stroke under another; compare 上 (above)

3 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

卜

divination, fortune-telling; prophecy

📷 Pictographic: A crack on an oracle bone

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 傧 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

傧 ↗

bīn

best man / to entertain

bīn

傧 ↗

best man / to entertain

傧相 ↗

bīnxiàng

attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding

bīnxiàng

傧相 ↗

attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding

best man (in a marriage)

nánbīnxiàng

男傧相 ↗

best man (in a marriage)