秉

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Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

秉 is a picture of a hand grasping a bundle of grain. That gives the first meaning, a bundle of grain or to bundle it. The meaning grew to grasp or hold, and then to maintain.

Drawn as: hand grasping grain

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秉bǐng
to grasp, to hold, to maintain

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