U+4E19, 丙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E19

[U+4E18]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E1A]

Translingual Edit

Stroke order
 

Han character Edit

(Kangxi radical 1, +4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一人月 (MOB), four-corner 10227, composition )

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №515

Derived characters Edit

Further reading Edit

Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the Kangxi Dictionary entry for :

Wikisource


  • KangXi: page 78, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35
  • Dae Jaweon: page 156, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 16, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E19

Chinese Edit

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
                 





References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Various theories:

  • Pictogram (象形) – shoulders (Shuowen).
  • Pictogram (象形) – the tail of a fish (Erya).
  • Pictogram (象形) – pedestal.
  • Pictogram (象形) – small table.
  • Original form of (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs).

Whatever its original sense may be, it has been lost and replaced by its early use as a heavenly stem.

Etymology 1 Edit

Baxter and Sagart (2014) note the phonological relationship between (OC *praŋʔ) and (OC *p.raŋʔ, “a pair”); how these two are graphically related is noted in Baxter (1992). Smith (2011) suggests that these two words are not only phonologically similar but also etymologically related, with , meaning "couplet" or "bivalve", referring to an asterism.

Pronunciation Edit


Note:
  • piáⁿ - vernacular;
  • péng - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (1)
    Final () (111)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter pjaengX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /pˠiæŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /pᵚiaŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /piaŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /piajŋX/
    Li
    Rong
    /piɐŋX/
    Wang
    Li
    /pĭɐŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /pi̯ɐŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    bǐng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    bing2
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    bǐng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ pjængX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*praŋʔ/
    English 3d heavenly stem

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 883
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*pqraŋʔ/
    Notes

    Definitions Edit

    1. the third of the ten heavenly stems
    2. third
    3. a surname
    Coordinate terms Edit

    Compounds Edit

    Descendants Edit

    • Zhuang: bingj

    Etymology 2 Edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to beat”).
    (This character, , is a variant form of .)

    References Edit

    Japanese Edit

    Kanji Edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. something C
      1. the third of the ten heavenly stems
      2. third in rank

    Readings Edit

    Etymology 1 Edit

    Kanji in this term
    へい
    Grade: S
    on’yomi
     
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    From Middle Chinese (pjængX).

    Pronunciation Edit

    Proper noun Edit

    (へい) (Hei

    1. something C; the third of the ten heavenly stems

    Etymology 2 Edit

    Kanji in this term
    ひのえ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    (Hi, Fire, one of the Five Elements) +‎ (no, attributive marker) +‎ (e, elder brother)

    Pronunciation Edit

    Proper noun Edit

    (ひのえ) (Hinoe

    1. the third of the ten heavenly stems

    Korean Edit

    Hanja Edit

    (eumhun 셋째 천간 (setjjae cheon'gan byeong))

    1. Hanja form? of (third heavenly stem).
    2. Hanja form? of (third).

    (eumhun 남녘 (namnyeok byeong))

    1. Hanja form? of (south, southern).

    References Edit

    Vietnamese Edit

    Han character Edit

    : Hán Việt readings: bính
    : Nôm readings: biếng, bính

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    References Edit

    • Nom Foundation
    • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
    • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
    • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999