秉 (bǐng): to grasp, to hold, to maintain
秉 (bǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “to grasp.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (structural) and 彐 (structural). It ranks #2636 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 秉 a hand 彐 grasping a bundle of grain 禾. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- to grasp
- to hold
- to maintain
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA hand 彐 grasping a bundle of grain 禾
Decomposition: ⿻禾彐 (layout: overlay)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秉性noun | bǐng xìng | innate character |
| 秉公adverb | bǐng gōng | justly |
| 秉承verb | bǐng chéng | to take orders |
| 秉赋 | bǐng fù | variant of 稟賦|禀赋 |
| 秉公办理 | bǐng gōng bàn lǐ | conducting business impartially (idiom) |
| 秉笔直书phrase | bǐng bǐ zhí shū | to record faithfully |
| 戴秉国 | dài bǐng guó | Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat |
| 公秉 | gōng bǐng | kiloliter |
| 秉持verb | bǐng chí | to uphold |
| 施秉县 | shī bǐng xiàn | Shibing, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 Miao2 zu2... |
| 一秉虔诚 | yī bǐng qián chéng | earnestly and sincerely (idiom) |
| 施秉 | shī bǐng | see 施秉縣|施秉县 |
| 秉笔verb | bǐng bǐ | to hold the pen |
| 秉烛adverb | bǐng zhú | variant of 炳燭|炳烛 |
秉 appears in 14 compound words: 64 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 21 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 秉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
老师教我们秉字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men bǐng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "秉."
88会馆案林秉文于柬埔寨遭枪杀身亡 刑事局证实
8 8 huì guǎn àn lín bǐng wén yú jiǎn 埔 zhài zāo qiāng shā shēn wáng xíng shì jú zhèng shí
Lin Bingwen, a key figure in the 88 Club case, was shot and killed in Cambodia; the Criminal Investigation Bureau has confirmed the report
林秉文遭枪杀 徐巧芯曾呛:有种回台受审
lín bǐng wén zāo qiāng shā xú qiǎo xīn céng qiàng : yǒu zhǒng huí tái shòu shěn
Lin Bingwen Shot Dead; Hsu Chiao-hsin Once Challenged Him: "If You've Got the Guts, Come Back to Taiwan to Stand Trial"
澎恰恰昔日金主林秉文传“在柬埔寨遭枪杀” 曾出手帮还1.6...
péng qià qià xī rì jīn zhǔ lín bǐng wén chuán zài jiǎn 埔 zhài zāo qiāng shā céng chū shǒu bāng hái 1 . 6 . . .
Peng Chacha’s former financier, Lin Bingwen, reportedly “shot dead in Cambodia”; he had previously helped repay 1.6...
(新春见闻)贵州施秉六百年龙灯闹新春
( xīn chūn jiàn wén ) guì zhōu shī bǐng liù bǎi nián lóng dēng nào xīn chūn
Guizhou Shi Bing's 600-year-old dragon lantern makes a New Year
拉曼理工大学创校57周年 魏家祥:秉持“超越教育”理念栽培社会栋梁
lā 曼 lǐ gōng dà xué chuàng jiào 5 7 zhōu nián wèi jiā xiáng : bǐng chí chāo yuè jiào yù lǐ niàn zāi péi shè huì dòng liáng
Wei Jiaxiang, 57th anniversary of the founding of Technological University of Technology, Wei Jiaxiang: Adhering to the concept of "beyond education" to cultivate social pillars
Character Family
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