漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
彬: refined, gentle
JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
林 and 杉 are drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ヒンhin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 文質彬彬ぶんしつひんぴんharmony of beauty and substance
Also read フン, うるわしい, あきらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A touch of elegance! Imagine three fine strokes of a brush adding the final detail to a painting.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
林
Also built on grove (林)
Also read ヒン
5 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read フン
8 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side彬 refined · 杉
vs麻 hemp · 广In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bīn
Same form: 彬 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 彬 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 彬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bīn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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