绷
繃běng
#2,972 most
frequent character
to have a taut face
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
绷 joins 纟 silk with 朋 péng, which supplies the sound. It first meant tied up or bound, then grew to stretch taut. Read běng, it means looking sulky; read bèng, to split open.
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