膑

Pronunciationbìn
Five Elements
Strokes20 strokes

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Pronunciation bìn
Five Elements
Fortune
Radical
Simplified Strokes 14 strokes
Traditional Strokes 20 strokes
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Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 997
View Original Page 997
Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Bin; Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 997, Entry 03 Pronounced bin (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The end of the knee. Zengyun (Expanded Rhymes): The kneecap. Pan Yue, Western Expedition Rhapsody (Xizheng Fu): Dragging along lead and detaching the kneecap. Commentary: The kneecap. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapters): The kneecap bone. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin: The King and Meng Shuo lifted a tripod, severing the kneecap. Commentary: The official commentary says: Bin is the kneecap bone. Also, Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): One meaning is to cut off the feet as a punishment. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Official, Minister of Justice, Five Hundred Punishments Commentary: Yue means to cut off the feet. The Zhou dynasty changed bin to yue, meaning to kill. Book of Rites (Liji), Hereditary Sons of King Wen: The punishments of castration, cutting off the kneecap, tattooing, cutting off the nose, and severing the feet, all use knives and saws to cut and pierce the human body. Also, a personal name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sun Wu: Sun Bin, a descendant of Sun Wu. Also, Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Pronounced pin. Also, pronounced bian (rising tone). Same meaning.

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