弁
biàn

conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty

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approved by Prismcool · Dec 26, 2025, 01:56 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 26, 2025, 01:56 AM

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Depicts hands (廾) holding a cap.

Components

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◎ Iconic component

Depicts a cap.

廾
廾 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjenHC.[b]ro[n]-s cap

說文解字

《說文》：“，冕也。周曰，殷曰吁，夏曰收。从皃，象形。，籀文从廾，上象形。弁，或字。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)