柄 (bǐng): handle or shaft (of an axe etc), (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem, sth that affords an advantage to an opponent
柄 (bǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “handle or shaft (of an axe etc).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 丙 (phonetic). It ranks #2186 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 柄 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- handle or shaft (of an axe etc)
- (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem
- sth that affords an advantage to an opponent
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 把柄 | bǎ bǐng | handle |
| 笑柄 | xiào bǐng | a matter for ridicule |
| 手柄 | shǒu bǐng | handle |
| 权柄 | quán bǐng | authority |
| 曲柄 | qū bǐng | crank handle |
| 话柄 | huà bǐng | a pretext for gossip |
| 授人以柄 | shòu rén yǐ bǐng | to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom) |
| 剑柄 | jiàn bǐng | sword hilt |
| 游戏手柄 | yóu xì shǒu bǐng | gamepad |
| 长柄大镰刀 | cháng bǐng dà lián dāo | scythe |
| 手摇柄 | shǒu yáo bǐng | hand crank |
| 柄国 | bǐng guó | to hold state power |
| 国柄 | guó bǐng | state power |
| 长柄 | cháng bǐng | long handle |
| 眼柄 | yǎn bǐng | eye stalk (of crustacean etc) |
柄 appears in 28 compound words: 14 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 柄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵柄苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē bǐng miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted a sapling by the door, and now it has grown very tall.
Switch 2 Pro手柄是‘顶级体验’还是‘高价鸡肋’?1000...
S w i t c h 2 P r o shǒu bǐng shì dǐng jí tǐ yàn hái shì gāo jià jī 肋 ? 1 0 0 0 . . .
教程三:巴图塞拉batocera手柄如何设置
jiào chéng sān : bā tú sāi lā b a t o c e r a shǒu bǐng rú hé shè zhì
crossover 26手柄失效解决方案!
c r o s s o v e r 2 6 shǒu bǐng shī xiào jiě jué fāng àn !
Solution for a malfunctioning Crossover 26 controller!
我们成了整个村庄的笑柄。
Wǒmen chéngle zhěnggè cūnzhuāng de xiàobǐng.
We've become a mockery to the whole village.
我开门的时候把门柄扭了出来。
Wǒ kāimén de shíhou bǎ ménbǐng niǔ le chūlái.
I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.
这是个没有柄的平锅。
Zhè shì gè méiyǒu bǐng de píngguō.
Here is a pan without handles.
Character Family
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