What 賓 means
It means “guest” or “visitor.” Chinese compounds include 嘉賓 (honored guest), 國賓 (state guest), and 賓語 (a verb’s object).
A 2020 study reads 王賓 on oracle bones from the late Shang dynasty—bones and shells inscribed for divination—as a ritual invitation to ancestral spirits. One traditional graph analysis links 貝 (an old sign for shell money) to a gift for a guest.
Formal, especially for honored guests or a guest–host pairing.
Alone, it may read like a fragment; surrounding text shows its role.
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Who writes 賓
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1Why does 賓 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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- bin · guest · 宾 · 賔 · 賓語
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
賓\8CD3Codes and encoding1 code points
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