檳
bīngbīn

betel-nut

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 賓 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpin

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

槟 bīng, bīn betel-nut Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檳.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode