bìn

kneecap

Components

Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone

bone

Sound component
bīn guest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbinʔ

說文解字

厀耑也。从骨賓聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bìn kneecap Simplified

Components

Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone

bone

Sound component
bīn guest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode