柄 bǐng handle
handle; lever; knob
怎么记住“柄”: 木 tree + 丙 third = handle. Using wood from the old tree, Grandpa spends his third weekend in a row fixing every broken handle in the house.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
柄 = 木 tree + 丙 third
- 木 tree meaning
- 丙 third sound
Using wood from the old tree, Grandpa spends his third weekend in a row fixing every broken handle in the house.
How it came to be
Wood gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- A handle: 刀柄 (dāobǐng) knife handle, and a measure word for handled things (一柄伞 yì bǐng sǎn, an umbrella).
- 把柄 (bǎbǐng) is figurative: a 'handle' on someone, i.e. leverage/incriminating evidence: 抓住把柄 (zhuāzhù bǎbǐng) to seize on someone's weakness.