彬 bīn HSK7 cultivated Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound. Components 彡 彡 Meaning component shān, xiǎn hair 林 林 Sound component lín forest Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangprɯn Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica