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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- beng3
- English meanings
- to stretch, taut, to tie, to bind, to have a taut face
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 纟; right 朋.
Meaning & sound clues
纟 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “thread”.
朋 is identified as the sound component (péng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 绷.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
collapse; burst
to jump
burst forth
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Related words
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- 绷带