bǐng

report to

Original meaning: grain storage facility

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

Components

SoundIconic component
lǐn granary
Change in sound
Simplified component
shì show

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlimXp.rimʔ rations
pimXp.rimʔ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)rations; receive

Sources

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

report to Traditional

Original meaning: grain storage facility

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

Components

SoundIconic component
lǐn granary
Change in sound
Iconic component
grain stalk

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpimXp.rimʔ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)receive
pimXp.rimʔ (dialect: > *p.r- > *pr-)rations
limXp.rimʔ rations

說文解字

《說文》:“稟,賜穀也。从,从禾。”

Sources

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