秉 — Chinese character
秉
bǐng
to grasp, to hold; to maintain, to preside over
- Pinyin
- bǐng
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 禾 彐
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 彐 grasping a bundle of grain 禾
- Japanese
- 秉 as a kanji
Common words with 秉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秉持 | bǐng chí | to uphold; to hold fast to |
| 秉承 | bǐng chéng | to take orders; to receive commands |
| 秉性 | bǐng xìng | innate character; natural disposition |
| 秉公 | bǐng gōng | justly; impartially |
| 秉笔 (秉筆) | bǐng bǐ | to hold the pen; to do the actual writing |
| 秉烛 (秉燭) | bǐng zhú | variant of 炳烛 (bǐng zhú) |
| 秉赋 (秉賦) | bǐng fù | variant of 禀赋 (bǐng fù) |
| 秉公办理 (秉公辦理) | bǐng gōng bàn lǐ | conducting business impartially (idiom); to act justly |
| 秉笔直书 (秉筆直書) | bǐng bǐ zhí shū | to record faithfully |
| 公秉 | gōng bǐng | kiloliter |
| 一秉虔诚 (一秉虔誠) | yī bǐng qián chéng | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); devoutly |
English words written with 秉
秉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 4
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