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嫔

pín

Character Traditional 嬪

What 嫔 means

1. imperial concubine

Words starting with 嫔

• 嫔妃pín fēiimperial concubine

Words containing 嫔

• 妃嫔fēi pínimperial concubine

Characters built on 宾

These share the phonetic component 宾 (bīn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 滨bīn(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore; (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
• 缤bīnused in 缤纷
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 殡bìna funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial
• 摈bìnto reject; to expel; to discard
• 鬓bìntemples; hair on the temples
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌
• 傧bīnbest man; to entertain

Characters that look like 嫔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 端duān(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 蛛zhū(bound form) spider
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 棘jíthorns
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly

Sounds the same

Read pín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 频frequency; frequently; repetitious
• 贫poor; inadequate; deficient
• 颦to scowl; to knit the brows
• 玭pearl
• 矉to glare angrily; to open the eyes with anger; variant of 颦, to scowl
• 𬞟clover fern (Marsilea quadrifolia)
• 嚬variant of 颦