name of a city in the ancient state of Song in what is now Shandong, pleased
邴 is a rare kanji with two distinct senses: a historical place name (a city in the ancient state of Song) and the abstract idea of being pleased. The two meanings do not share one clear conceptual center, so treat them as separate uses.
邴 combines 丙 (likely a phonetic component) with the city radical ⻏, suggesting a place name. The 'pleased' meaning may be a loan usage, but the exact historical development is uncertain.
The left side 丙 looks like a person with a big smile, and the right side ⻏ is a city. Imagine a pleased person smiling in the ancient city of Song.
For ヘイ, picture a pleased person in the city waving and saying 'Hey!': Hey -> ヘイ, and their happy greeting matches the pleased meaning.
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