稟
bǐnglǐn

report to

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Sound component note

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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
Change in sound
禾
禾 Iconic component

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

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)