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Character « 娉 »

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Character
娉
(10 stroke)
Radical
女
(+7 stroke)
Pinyin
pīng
pìn

Input methods

WubiVMGN
CangjieVLWS
Bishun5312512115
Sijiao45427
UnicodeU+5A09

娉 (娉) pìn

General meaning

〈动〉
(1) (形声。从女,甹( pīng )声。本义:问名。古代婚礼“六礼”之一。即男方请媒人问女方名字和出生年月日)
(2) 同本义 [betroth;be engaged (to be married)]
ex:娉,问也。——《说文》
ex:婚姻娉内送逆无礼。——《荀子·富国》。注:“问名也。”
(3) 又如:娉命(婚约。即订婚);娉财(行聘礼时所赠财物);娉币(行聘礼时所致币帛财物);娉内(娉纳。古代婚礼中的问名、纳币)
(4) 娶 [marry]
ex:婚姻娉内。——《荀子·富国》
ex:再奉朝娉。——《樊敏碑》
(5) 又如:娉会(聘妻)
(6) 另见 pīng

娉 (娉) pīng