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併
併
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Translingual
Han character
併 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人廿廿 (OTT), four-corner 28241, composition ⿰亻并)
References
- KangXi: page 100, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 561
- Dae Jaweon: page 212, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 153, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4F75
Chinese
| trad. | 併/并 | |
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| simp. | 并 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 併 | |||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (并) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 鵧 | *bi |
| 駢 | *beːn |
| 胼 | *beːn |
| 骿 | *beːn |
| 軿 | *beːn, *beːŋ |
| 賆 | *beːn |
| 跰 | *preŋs, *beːn |
| 恲 | *pʰreŋ |
| 鮩 | *breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ |
| 絣 | *preːŋ |
| 拼 | *preːŋ |
| 迸 | *preːŋs |
| 姘 | *pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ |
| 皏 | *pʰreːŋʔ |
| 併 | *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ |
| 并 | *peŋ, *peŋs |
| 栟 | *peŋ |
| 屏 | *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ |
| 箳 | *peŋ, *beːŋ |
| 餅 | *peŋʔ |
| 鉼 | *peŋʔ |
| 摒 | *peŋs |
| 庰 | *beŋs |
| 偋 | *beŋs |
| 艵 | *pʰeːŋ |
| 頩 | *pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ |
| 竮 | *pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ |
| 瓶 | *beːŋ |
| 缾 | *beːŋ |
| 蛢 | *beːŋ |
| 荓 | *beːŋ |
| 郱 | *beːŋ |
| 洴 | *beːŋ |
| 蓱 | *beːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: ping4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq
- IPA (key): /piŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bing3, ping3
- Yale: bing, ping
- Cantonese Pinyin: bing3, ping3
- IPA (key): /pɪŋ³³/, /pʰɪŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |||
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| Character | 併 | 併 | 併 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 並 (3) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) | 青 (125) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 必郢切 | 蒲迥切 | 畀政切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/piᴇŋX/ | /beŋX/ | /piᴇŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/piɛŋX/ | /beŋX/ | /piɛŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/piæŋX/ | /bɛŋX/ | /piæŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/piajŋX/ | /bɛjŋX/ | /piajŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/piɛŋX/ | /beŋX/ | /piɛŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/pĭɛŋX/ | /bieŋX/ | /pĭɛŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pi̯ɛŋX/ | /bʱieŋX/ | /pi̯ɛŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bǐng | bìng | bìng |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||||
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| Character | 併 | 併 | 併 | 併 | 併 |
| Reading # | 1/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| No. | 928 | 929 | 937 | 939 | 960 |
| Phonetic component |
并 | 并 | 并 | 并 | 并 |
| Rime group |
耕 | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
𠊧 | 𠊧 | 餅 | 摒 | 竝 |
| Old Chinese |
/*breːŋʔ/ | /*breːŋs/ | /*peŋʔ/ | /*peŋs/ | /*beːŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 原右作並此爲注內或體 | 原右作並 | |||
Definitions
併
- to combine; to amalgamate
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
併
- join
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
併 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune-Reischauer pyŏng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
併 (tính)
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