鬓

鬢

bìn

宾 + 髟

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Definitions

bìn temples; hair on the temples

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 髟 represents the meaning and 宾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鬢.

Semantic: 髟 Phonetic: 宾

About

The character 鬓, meaning the hair at the temples, derives from the traditional form 鬢, a semantic-phonetic compound combining the hair radical 髟 with the phonetic component 賓, which also carried connotations of sidelong placement. Over time, its meaning specialized strictly to the temple region, narrowing from earlier, more general associations with hair or sidelocks. The simplified form 鬓 replaces 賓 with the phonetically similar 宾, streamlining the character while retaining the original structural logic of a hair-related radical paired with a phonetic element.

Etymology Hide

Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

她的鬓角有几根白发。

Tā de bìnjiǎo yǒu jǐ gēn bái fà.

There are a few white hairs at her temples.

岁月染白了他的双鬓。

Suìyuè rǎn bái le tā de shuāng bìn.

Time has turned both his temples white.

他习惯性地捋了捋鬓角。

Tā xíguànxìng de lǚ le lǚ bìnjiǎo.

He habitually smoothed his sideburns.

汗珠顺着他的鬓角流下。

Hànzhū shùnzhe tā de bìnjiǎo liú xià.

Beads of sweat rolled down his temples.

风把她鬓边的碎发吹乱了。

Fēng bǎ tā bìn biān de suì fà chuī luàn le.

The wind tousled the stray hairs at her temples.

理发师仔细地修剪着他的鬓角。

Lǐfàshī zǐxì de xiūjiǎnzhe tā de bìnjiǎo.

The barber carefully trimmed his sideburns.

她将一朵小花别在鬓间，显得格外娇俏。

Tā jiāng yī duǒ xiǎo huā bié zài bìn jiān, xiǎndé géwài jiāoqiào.

She pinned a small flower by her temple, looking especially charming.

望着镜中自己斑白的鬓发，他感慨万千。

Wàngzhe jìng zhōng zìjǐ bānbái de bìn fà, tā gǎnkǎi wànqiān.

Gazing at his graying hair at the temples in the mirror, he was filled with emotion.

Related Characters

Component: 宾

Component: 髟

鬓