餅

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 幷 (as in 餠); phonetic now simplified to 并.

Han characterEdit

餅 (radical 184 食+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈廿廿 (OITT), four-corner 8874₁)

1. biscuit, pancake
2. rice cake (Japanese)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1419, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44133
• Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4453, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9905

HanziEdit

餅 (simplified 饼, Jyutping beng2, bing2, Yale beng2, bing2)

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NounEdit

餅 (hiragana もち, romaji mochi)

1. rice cake

KanjiEdit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: へい (hei), ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: もち (mochi)

HanjaEdit

餅
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 병 (byeong) (revised: byeong)

• Name (hangeul): 떡 (tteok) (revised: tteok)

1. cake

HanziEdit

餅 (simplified 饼, Pinyin bǐng (bing3), zī (zi1), Wade-Giles ping³, tzu¹)

CompoundsEdit

• 潤餅

NounEdit

餅 (traditional, POJ piáⁿ, traditional 餅, simplified 饼)

CharacterEdit

ReadingsEdit

• Hán Việt: bính
• Nôm: bính, bánh

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

餅 (bánh)

1. pastry, cake, bread, dumpling, noodle, wafer, or pudding
   • 13th century: Trần Nhân Tông, "Đệ cửu hội", Cư trần lạc đạo phú

     茶(trà)趙(Triệu)老(lão)餅(bánh)韶(Thiều)陽(Dương)/排(bầy)禪(thiền)子(tử)矣(hãy)群(còn)肁(đói)渴(khát)

     Old man Trieu’s tea, Thieu Duong cakes, / the novices still hungry and thirsty.

ReferencesEdit

• Jean-Louis Taberd (1838), Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum, p. A4.
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)