辫 biàn braid
braid; pigtail; plait; queue
怎么记住“辫”: 辛 spicy + 纟 silk + 辛 spicy = braid. Before the spicy hotpot arrives, Grandma ties the girl's hair with a red silk ribbon so no spicy broth gets into her braid.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
辫 = 辛 spicy + 纟 silk + 辛 spicy
- 辛 spicy sound
- 纟 silk meaning
- 辛 spicy sound
Before the spicy hotpot arrives, Grandma ties the girl's hair with a red silk ribbon so no spicy broth gets into her braid.
How it came to be
Silk thread in the middle gives the meaning, and the two parts around it give the sound.
用法
- 'Braid/plait': 辫子 (biànzi) a braid, or historically the queue (pigtail) worn under the Qing.
- 抓辫子 (zhuā biànzi), literally 'to grab someone's pigtail', is an idiom for seizing on someone's weakness or slip to attack them.