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苹

苹

See also: 蘋

Translingual

Han character

苹 (radical 140 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿一火十 (TMFJ), four-corner 4440₉, composition ⿱艹平)

References

KangXi: page 1025, character 10

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30823

Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3189, character 4

Unihan data for U+82F9

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 苹 – see 蘋 (“apple”). (This character, 苹, is the simplified form of 蘋.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 苹 – see 萍. (This character, 苹, is a variant form of 萍.)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		苹

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): píng (ping²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: píng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Wade-Giles: p'ing²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴
  - Yale: pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /bˠiæŋ/▼

Rime
Character	苹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符兵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[b]ˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*beŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	píng
Middle Chinese	‹ beng ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˤeŋ/
English	duckweed
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	苹
Reading #	1/1
No.	9821
Phonetic component	平
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	平
Old Chinese	/*beŋ/

Definitions

苹

Alternative term for 藾蕭／藾萧.

Compounds

苹縈／苹萦

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)

Japanese

Kanji

苹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: びょう (byō)
Kan’on: へい (hei)
Kan’yōon: ひょう (hyō)
Kun: うきくさ (ukikusa), よもぎ (yomogi), あし (ashi)

Compounds

Compounds

苹果 (へいか) ‎(heika), 苹果 (ひょうか) ‎(hyōka): apple (fruit)

Korean

Hanja

苹 • ‎(pyeong) (hangeul 평, revised pyeong, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏng, Yale phyeng)

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