禀性
bǐng​xìng

disposition

禀 bǐng, lǐn report to Simplified

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
㐭 SoundIconic component
lǐn granary
Change in sound
示
示 Simplified component
shì show

Shorthand for the 禾 component in the traditional character 稟.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 4 verified)

凛懔廪檩

Iconic (1)

廪

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

性 xìng, xing nature

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

生
生 Sound component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjengHseŋ-s nature

說文解字

《說文》：“性，人之陽气性善者也。从心，生聲。”

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)

稟 report to Traditional

Original meaning: grain storage facility

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
㐭 SoundIconic component
lǐn granary
Change in sound
禾
禾 Iconic component
hé 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)

凜廩

Iconic (1)

廩

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)