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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phin ( ~ -ɫ, -r)
Meaning: side
Chinese: *pin shore, bank, 頻 *bhin shore
Kachin: phjin3 the side, slant, slope
Comments: Cf. *b(h)ēr; initial p- in OC *pin is probably due to its influence.
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: bīn
Preclassic Old Chinese: pin
Classic Old Chinese: pin
Western Han Chinese: pjǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: pjǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: pjin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pjin
Late Postclassic Chinese: pjin
Middle Chinese: pjin
English meaning : shore, bank
Russian meaning[s]: 1) берег; побережье; взморье; 2) близкий; прилегать к воде; быть на краю; 3) сокр. г. Харбин
Comments: Related to 頻 *bhin q.v.; perhaps etymologically influenced by 邊 *pēn 'side' q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 8019
Karlgren code: 0389 j
Shijing occurrences: 15.1_
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