荧屏
yíng​píng

fluorescent screen

荧 yíng, xíng, jiǒng glimmer Simplified

Simplified form of 熒. Depicts the glimmering fire light (火) from two torches crossing each other (𤇾).

Components

𤇾
𤇾 IconicSimplified component
yìng glimmer

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

Component uses

Sound (1)

营

Remnant (1)

营

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

屏 píng folding screen

Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound.

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
并
并 Sound component
bìng combine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

摒

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbeng[b]ˤeŋscreen; to protect
Zhengzhangpeŋ
peŋʔ
beːŋ
Unicodebheng

說文解字

屏蔽也。从尸幷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

熒 glimmer Traditional

Depicts the glimmering fire light (火) from two torches crossing each other (𤇾).

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Iconic component
yìng glimmer

Depicts two torches crossing each other.

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweng[N]-qʷˤeŋ dazzle

說文解字

《說文》：“熒，屋下燈燭之光。从焱、冂。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)