蘋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

píngpín

apple

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 頻 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

頻 Sound component

pín frequently

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		bin
Unicode	bhin

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

píng apple Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 平 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘋.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

平 Sound component

píng flat

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	beng	[b]ˤeŋ	duckweed

說文解字

蓱也。無根，浮水而生者。从艸平聲。

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)

𬞟 pín, píng apple Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode