彬 (ban1 | bin1) : refined; graceful

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彬

ban1

bin1

[literary] refined; graceful; gentle

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 彡 (#59)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

彬

This word has been viewed 3141 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 12th Oct 2010 04:54

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文質彬彬 man4 zat1 ban1 ban1 wen2 zhi4 bin1 bin1 = cultured and refined; gentle and polite

彬彬有禮 ban1 ban1 jau5 lai5 bin1 bin1 you3 li3 = refined and polite, cultured and courteous

彬縣 ban1 jyun6 bin1 xian4 = Bin county (county in Shaanxi)

彬馬那 ban1 maa5 naa5 bin1 ma3 na4 = Pyinmana (relocated Burmese capital city of Rangoon/Yangon)

冼迪彬 sin2 dik6 ban1 xian3 di2 bin1 = Bun Sin

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Decimal representation of this word: 彬
Unicode code for this character: U+5f6c (off-site link)

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