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bǐng

report to

approved by Prismcool · Dec 24, 2023, 04:38 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 24, 2023, 04:38 AM

Added etymology

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Original meaning: grain storage facility

Simplified form of 稟. Depicts a granary (㐭) for storing grains (禾) in. 㐭 also represents the sound. Similar in origin to 嗇. Based on the original meaning "grain storage facility". The meaning later shifted to "to endow" and "report to".

Components

㐭 Sound Iconic component

Change in sound

禀 and 㐭 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

示 Simplified component

Shorthand for the 禾 component in the traditional character 稟.

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	limX	p.rimʔ	rations
	pimX	p.rimʔ (dialect: p.r- > pr-)	rations; receive

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart