秉
bǐng HSK7

grasp

秉 bǐng
to hold
(bound form) to grasp or hold in the hand
to preside over
(bound form) to control, preside over, or be in charge of; to handle affairs according to a standard
[unit of volume]
(bound form) an ancient unit of capacity equal to sixteen bushels (斛 hú)
[surname]
the surname Bing
bundle of grain
(literary) a handful or bundle of grain
to uphold
(bound form) to maintain or adhere to a certain attitude or principle
power
(literary) power or authority; a handle
to receive
(literary) to receive (e.g., from a superior)

Cross-References

Same as

Has variant

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,809th most common 12.8 per million
Movie subtitles
3,497th most common 1.45 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.420 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.71 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+79C9

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)