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Translingual
Han character
秉 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中 (HDL) or 難竹木中 (XHDL), four-corner 20907, composition ⿱丿𣏃 or ⿻禾⺕)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 849, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24932
- Dae Jaweon: page 1272, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2592, character 5
- Unihan data for U+79C9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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秉
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*praŋʔ
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棅
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*praŋs
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Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 禾 (“plant”) + 又 (“hand”) — a hand holding a plant by the stalk. Compare: 兼, a hand holding two plants.
Etymology
Cognate with 柄 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs, “a handle”), which is exopassive of 秉 (OC *praŋʔ, “to grasp”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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秉
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bǐng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjængX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*praŋʔ/
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English
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grasp
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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秉
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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899
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Phonetic component
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秉
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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丙
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Old Chinese
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/*praŋʔ/
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Definitions
秉
- a handful of crops
- to grasp; to hold
- to preside over
- to persist in; to persevere
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
秉
(Hyōgai kanji)
- take
- cherish
- sheaf
- unit of volume (10 koku; 1,800 l)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
秉 (eum 병 (byeong))
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Vietnamese
Han character
秉: Hán Nôm readings: bỉnh, bảnh
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