彬
urbane; well-bred; cultivated
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,230 U+5F6C
How 彬 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
彡 (semantic, “hair”) + 林 (phonetic, lín)
How to remember it
well-mannered · Heisig RSH #2701
木 tree + 杉 fir tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 林
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 林 (lín) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 林 sound component | lín | forest, grove; surname |
| 禁 | jìn | to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure |
| 淋 | lín | to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly |
| 琳 | lín | a beautiful gemstone |
| 啉 | lín | stupid; slow |
| 霖 | lín | monsoon; a long spell of rain |
| 婪 | lán | to covet; covetous, avaricious |
| 痲 | má | pock-marked; measles; leprosy |
| 郴 | chēn | a county in Hunan province; surname |
Words containing 彬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中山成彬 | Zhōng shān Chéng bīn | NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943–), right-wing Japanese politician and prominent denier of Japanese … |
| 彬州市 | Bīn zhōu Shì | Binzhou, a county-level city in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 彬马那 | Bīn mǎ nà | Pyinmana, town in central Myanmar |
| 彬州 | Bīn zhōu | see 彬州市[Bin1 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 文质彬彬 | wén zhì bīn bīn | refined in manner; gentle |
| 彬彬有礼 | bīn bīn yǒu lǐ | refined and courteous; urbane |
| 彬彬君子 | bīn bīn jūn zǐ | refined gentleman |
| 彬蔚 | bīn wèi | erudite and refined |
| 彬彬 | bīn bīn | refined, gentle, and elegant |