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并
并
Translingual
Han character
并 (radical 51 干+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿 (TT) or X廿廿 (XTT), four-corner 80441, composition ⿱丷开 or ⿱䒑廾)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 340, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9170
- Dae Jaweon: page 649, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 242, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5E76
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (并) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 鵧 | *bi |
| 駢 | *beːn |
| 胼 | *beːn |
| 骿 | *beːn |
| 軿 | *beːn, *beːŋ |
| 賆 | *beːn |
| 跰 | *preŋs, *beːn |
| 恲 | *pʰreŋ |
| 鮩 | *breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ |
| 絣 | *preːŋ |
| 拼 | *preːŋ |
| 迸 | *preːŋs |
| 姘 | *pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ |
| 皏 | *pʰreːŋʔ |
| 併 | *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ |
| 并 | *peŋ, *peŋs |
| 栟 | *peŋ |
| 屏 | *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ |
| 箳 | *peŋ, *beːŋ |
| 餅 | *peŋʔ |
| 鉼 | *peŋʔ |
| 摒 | *peŋs |
| 庰 | *beŋs |
| 偋 | *beŋs |
| 艵 | *pʰeːŋ |
| 頩 | *pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ |
| 竮 | *pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ |
| 瓶 | *beːŋ |
| 缾 | *beːŋ |
| 蛢 | *beːŋ |
| 荓 | *beːŋ |
| 郱 | *beːŋ |
| 洴 | *beːŋ |
| 蓱 | *beːŋ |
Simplified from 並, which is in turn from 竝 (OC *beːŋʔ).
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 并 – see 並 (“to be side by side; simultaneously; moreover”). (This character, 并, is the simplified form of 並.) |
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 并 – see 併 (“to combine”). (This character, 并, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 併.) |
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Usage notes
In ancient texts, 并 may be the same as 併 (OC *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ), but not 並 (OC *beːŋʔ). 並 and 併 were differently pronounced in Old Chinese.
Etymology 3
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simp. and trad. |
并 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ping1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing
- IPA (key): /piŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: bing1
- Yale: bīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bing1
- IPA (key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 并 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府盈切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/piᴇŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/piɛŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/piæŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/piajŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/piɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/pĭɛŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pi̯ɛŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
bīng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 并 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
bīng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ pjieng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*peŋ/ |
| English | combine two things |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 并 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 930 |
| Phonetic component |
并 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
并 |
| Old Chinese |
/*peŋ/ |
Definitions
并
- (～州) (geography) Bing Province (province in ancient China)
- Synonym of 太原 (Tàiyuán, “Taiyuan City”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 并
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Japanese
Kanji
并
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
并 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune-Reischauer pyŏng)
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