炳

炳 U+70B3, 炳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B3 ← 炲 [U+70B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 炴 → [U+70B4]

Translingual

Han character

炳 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火一人月 (FMOB), four-corner 9182₇, composition ⿰火丙)

1. bright, luminous
2. glorious

Derived characters

• 𦳼

References

• KangXi: page 669, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18960
• Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2194, character 15
• Unihan data for U+70B3

Chinese

trad.		炳
simp. #		炳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
更	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Etymology

Unger (1986) reconstructs Old Chinese pronunciation as *pl(j)aŋʔ and considers this item part of a word family under 陽 (OC *laŋ) and related to Thai ปลั่ง (bplàng, “bright”); alternatively, Schuessler (2007) reconstructs OC *br(j)aŋʔ and includes this in an Austroasiatic word family under 亮 (OC *raŋs). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): péng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ping³
    • Yale: bǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing²
    • Yale: bíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng
    • Tâi-lô: píng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: péng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: pjaengX

Rime
Character	炳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵永切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*praŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炳
Reading #	1/1
No.	884
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丙
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/

Definitions

炳

1. bright; luminous
2. to shine
3. notable; remarkable; outstanding; prominent; marked; striking; distinctive
4. to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle

Synonyms

• (bright):

• 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
• 光亮 (guāngliàng)
• 光明 (guāngmíng)
• 光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
• 明亮 (míngliàng)
• 明朗 (mínglǎng)
• 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
• 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
• 皓 (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
• 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)

 

• (to shine):

• 光照 (guāngzhào)
• 光耀 (guāngyào)
• 映照 (yìngzhào)
• 炫耀 (xuànyào)
• 照射 (zhàoshè)
• 照耀 (zhàoyào)
• 照臨／照临 (zhàolín) (literary)
• 彪炳 (biāobǐng) (literary)
• 輝映／辉映 (huīyìng)

 

• (notable):

• 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
• 了勿起 (⁶liau-veq-chi) (Wu)
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
• 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
• 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
• 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
• 優異／优异 (yōuyì)
• 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
• 優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
• 出挑 (chūtiāo) (of personal appearance)
• 出擢 (Min Nan)
• 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
• 出腳／出脚 (Min Nan)
• 出色 (chūsè)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
• 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
• 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
• 好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
• 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
• 惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
• 打得 (Hakka)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 斐然 (fěirán)
• 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
• 標青／标青 (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 漂亮
• 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
• 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
• 特出 (tèchū)
• 特異／特异 (tèyì)
• 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
• 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
• 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
• 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
• 超凡 (chāofán)
• 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
• 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
• 非凡 (fēifán)
• 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
• 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
• 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

 

• (to ignite):

• 放
• 燃 (rán) (literary, or in compounds)
• 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
• 點燃／点燃 (diǎnrán)
• 點著／点着 (diǎnzháo)

 

Compounds

• 功業彪炳／功业彪炳
• 戰功彪炳／战功彪炳
• 文炳雕龍／文炳雕龙
• 炳如日星
• 炳文
• 炳曜
• 炳炳烺烺
• 炳炳鑿鑿／炳炳凿凿
• 炳炳麟麟
• 炳然
• 炳煥／炳焕
• 炳燭／炳烛 (bǐngzhú)
• 炳燭之明／炳烛之明
• 炳燭夜遊／炳烛夜游
• 炳若日星
• 炳著
• 炳蔚
• 炳賁／炳贲
• 炳靈寺／炳灵寺
• 彪炳 (biāobǐng)
• 彪炳千古 (biāobǐngqiāngǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji

炳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. clear & bright

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炳らか)

Korean

Hanja

炳 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏng, Yale pyeng)

1. bright, luminous
2. glorious

Vietnamese

Han character

炳: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bính, bỉnh, bảnh, bãnh

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References

• 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