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Kanji Detail for 賓 - "guest, visitor"

賓

  • Meaning

    賓 means "guest, visitor." Also associated with submit.

    1. Guest - A visitor, especially one of honor; an esteemed caller.

    2. Visitor - One received with hospitality; a welcome guest.

    3. Submit - To yield to; to follow and obey.

    4. Hospitality - Treating guests with honor and welcome.

  • Words using 賓

    • 迎賓館 げいひんかん Listen reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
    • 国賓 こくひん Listen state guest
    • 来賓 らいひん Listen guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
    • 賓客 ひんきゃく Listen guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest

  • Tattoo check: 賓

    • Verified meaning: guest, visitor
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ひん, びん)
    • Also carries these associations: submit

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 賓

    Surnames 賓(ひん)Listen 賓(びん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    V.I.P.; guest

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    guest, visitor; surname; submit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    visitor; guest; object (in grammar)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    guest, visitor; surname; submit

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A respected guest. One who comes from outside is called 客 (guest). One who is treated as an honored guest is called 賓. Such as saying 相敬如賓 (respect each other like guests). Appears in "Zuozhuan." In the ancient system, the Five Rites included guest ceremonies. Referring to the etiquette of receiving and seeing off foreign guests.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hin(ヒン) ヒン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    maroudo(まろうど) まろうど

    shitaga.u(したが-う) したが-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    guest visitor submit hospitality obey attendance caller courtesy deference esteemed etiquette honor host invitation reception respect service welcome yield

Sentences including 賓

  • Let's toast the guest of honor!

  • Then the guest of honor opens them and expresses his or her appreciation.

  • Taking the opportunity for President Obama to visit Japan as a state guest, the chief trade negotiators of Japan and the U.S. conducted a series of marathon meetings from midnight to early morning.

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