秉
Meanings
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- 1.surname Bing
- 1.to grasp
- 2.to hold
- 3.to maintain
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Wiktionary
- 1.a handful of crops
- 2.to grasp; to hold
- 3.to preside over
- 4.to persist in; to persevere
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 禾 (“plant”) + 又 (“hand”) — a hand holding a plant by the stalk. Compare: 兼, a hand holding two plants. Cognate with 柄 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs, “a handle”), which is exopassive of 秉 (OC *praŋʔ, “to grasp”).
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
秉承 to take orders秉烛 variant of 炳烛[bǐng zhú]公秉 kiloliter秉公 justly秉赋 variant of 禀赋[bǐng fù]施秉 see 施秉县[Shī bǐng Xiàn]秉持 to uphold秉笔 to hold the pen秉性 innate character施秉县 Shibing, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔东南苗族侗族自治州[Qián dōng nán Miáo zú Dòng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Guizhou戴秉国 Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat一秉虔诚 earnestly and sincerely (idiom); devoutly