宾

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visitor; guest; object (in grammar)

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 2
Strokes: 10
Radical: 宀 +7
Structure: Top–bottom 上下
Traditional: 宾
Common rank: #933
Unicode: U+5BBE

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Formation & memory

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How 宾 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A solider 兵 quartered under one's roof 宀

Components 宀兵

How to remember it

visitor · Heisig RSH #2369

兵 troops + house

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 宾

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
斯克里亚宾	Sī kè lǐ yà bīn	Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist
新宾满族自治县	Xīn bīn Mǎn zú Zì zhì xiàn	Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County, in Fushun City 撫順市\|抚顺市[Fu3 shun4 Shi4], Liaoning
车里雅宾斯克	Chē lǐ yǎ bīn sī kè	Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway
新宾满族县	Xīn bīn Mǎn zú Xiàn	see 新賓滿族自治縣\|新宾满族自治县[Xin1 bin1 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
新宾县	Xīn bīn Xiàn	see 新賓滿族自治縣\|新宾满族自治县[Xin1 bin1 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
宾阳县	Bīn yáng Xiàn	Binyang, a county in Nanning City 南寧市\|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi
来宾市	Lái bīn Shì	Laibin, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區\|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 x…
动宾式	dòng bīn shì	verb-object construction
间接宾语	jiàn jiē bīn yǔ	indirect object (grammar)
直接宾语	zhí jiē bīn yǔ	direct object (grammar)
利宾纳	lì bīn nà	Ribena
宾夕法尼亚大学	Bīn xī fǎ ní yà Dà xué	University of Pennsylvania
兴宾区	Xīng bīn Qū	Xingbin, a district of Laibin City 來賓市\|来宾市[Lai2 bin1 Shi4], Guangxi
提姆·罗宾斯	Tí mǔ · Luó bīn sī	Tim Robbins (1958-), American actor, director, activist and musician
座上宾	zuò shàng bīn	distinguished guest; honored guest
宾川县	Bīn chuān Xiàn	Binchuan, a county in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zho…
宾县	Bīn Xiàn	Bin County or Binxian, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市\|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
国宾	guó bīn	state visitor; visiting head of state
罗宾汉	Luó bīn hàn	Robin Hood (English 12th century folk hero)
宾天	bīn tiān	(euphemism) (of an emperor or other highly respected person) to pass away

Sound family

These characters use 宾 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
宾 sound part	bīn	guest, visitor; surname; submit
滨	bīn	beach, coast, river bank
槟	bīn	betel-nut, areca nut
殡	bìn	funeral; to enbalm, to inter
鬓	bìn	hair on temples
缤	bīn	abundant, diverse, variegated
膑	bìn	kneecap
摈	bìn	to exclude, to expel, to reject; to usher
嫔	pín	courtesan; palace maid
髌	bìn	kneecap
镔	bīn	high-quality iron