宾

See also: 賓

宾 U+5BBE, 宾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BBE ← 宽 [U+5BBD] CJK Unified Ideographs 宿 → [U+5BBF]

Translingual

Han character

宾 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十人一金 (JOMC), composition ⿱宀兵)

Derived characters

• 傧, 𰈚, 嫔, 𪬚, 摈, 滨, 㺍, 𮲨, 缤, 𱅤, 槟, 殡, 瑸, 膑, 𪾸, 𰚬, 镔, 𰫉, 𧏖, 髌, 𰚬, 𬇄, 𫅭, 𱂸, 𬝯, 鬓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 287, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 933, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5BBE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 賓, replacing the bottom component with a phonetic component 兵 (bīng) to form a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) . Officially adopted as the simplified form of 賓 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 宾 – see 賓 (“visitor; guest; object; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 賓).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.