鬓 (bìn) — temples (of the head); hair on the temples (bound form, used in compounds)
Definition
鬓 (bìn) is a bound literary term referring to the hair on the temples; it only appears in compounds like 鬓角 (sideburns) and 鬓发 (hair at the temples), never as a standalone word.
bound form
temples (of the head)hair on the temples (bound form, used in compounds)
Examples
- 。Tā de bìn jiǎo yǐ jīng bái le.His temples have turned white.
- 。Tā qīng qīng shū lǐ zhe liǎng bìn de tóu fa.She gently combed the hair on both temples.
- 鬓，。Lǎo rén bìn fà bān bái, dàn jīng shén hěn hǎo.The old man's hair at the temples was gray, but he was in good spirits.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 鬢; 鬓 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
髟髟biāohair
Sound part声符shēngfú
賓
賓bīn鬢bìn
Same sound today
The traditional form 鬢 pairs 髟 (hair) with 賓 as a sound part; the simplified 鬓 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical sound part.
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