殡殓
bìn​liàn

bury

殡 bìn encoffin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 殯.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
宾
宾 Sound component
bīn guest

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殓 liàn dress corpse for burial Simplified

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

corpse

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

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殯 encoffin Traditional

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

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
賓
賓 Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpins

說文解字

死在棺，將遷葬柩，賓遇之。从歺从賓，賓亦聲。夏后殯於阼階，殷人殯於兩楹之閒，周人殯於賓階。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

殮 dress corpse for burial Traditional

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

corpse

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rams

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang