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膑

bìn

Character Traditional 臏

What 膑 means

1. variant of {髌|bìn}

Words starting with 膑

• 膑刑bìn xíngremoval of the kneecaps (punishment)
• 膑骨bìn gǔvariant of 髌骨

Words containing 膑

• 孙膑Sūn BìnSun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 纵横家
• 孙膑兵法Sūn Bìn Bīng fǎSun Bin's "The Art of War"

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
• 嫔pínimperial concubine
• 鬓bìntemples; hair on the temples
• 傧bīnbest man; to entertain

Characters that look like 膑

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

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 膝xīknee
• 殡bìna funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳

Sounds the same

Read bìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鬓temples; hair on the temples
• 殡a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial
• 摈to reject; to expel; to discard
• 髌kneecapping; to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment
• 髩old variant of 鬓