萍

See also: 蓱

萍	U+840D, 萍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840D

← 萌
[U+840C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

萎 →
[U+840E]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

萍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一十 (TEMJ), four-corner 4414₉, composition ⿱艹泙)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31266
Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3239, character 10
Unihan data for U+840D

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (平) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
平	ben, beŋ
怦	*pʰreːŋ
砰	*pʰreːŋ
抨	*pʰreːŋ
閛	*pʰreːŋ
伻	*pʰreːŋ
評	beŋ, beŋs
坪	*beŋ
苹	*beŋ
枰	beŋ, beŋs
泙	*beŋ
蚲	*beŋ
胓	*beŋ
匉	*pʰreːŋ
萍	*beːŋ

Etymology 1 edit

trad.		萍
simp. ^#		萍
alternative forms		苹蓱

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píng (ping²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phêng / pêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶bin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²
  - Yale: píng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
  - Palladius: пин (pin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ping⁴
  - Yale: pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
  - Tâi-lô: phîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶bin
  - MiniDict: bin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²³/

Middle Chinese: beng

Rime
Character	萍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	薄經切
Baxter	beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/beŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/beŋ/
Wang Li	/bieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*beːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萍
Reading #	1/1
No.	9830
Phonetic component	平
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓶
Old Chinese	/*beːŋ/

Definitions edit

萍

duckweed (often a symbol of floating existence)
to wander; to travel around

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad.		萍
simp. ^#		萍

Pronunciation edit

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phiô

(Teochew, Peng'im): pio⁵ / piê⁵

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiô
  - Tâi-lô: phiô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰio²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰio²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰio¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰio²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɤ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pio⁵ / piê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiô / phiê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰio⁵⁵/, /pʰie⁵⁵/

Note: piê5 - Chaozhou.

Definitions edit

萍

(Southern Min) Alternative form of 薸 (“duckweed”)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

萍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Go-on: びょう (byō)
Kan-on: へい (hei)
Kun: うきくさ (ukikusa); よもぎ (yomogi)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

萍 (eumhun 개구리밥 평 (gaeguribap pyeong))

Hanja form^? of 평 (“duckweed”).

Compounds edit

부평초(浮萍草) (bupyeongcho, “duckweed”)
부평전봉(浮萍轉蓬) (bupyeongjeonbong, “wandering about aimlessly”)

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

萍: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bềnh, phềnh, phình

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