zhěng​bìng

consolidate

zhěng orderly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chì, sōu an imperial order or decree
Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyengXteŋʔ arrange; orderly

說文解字

《說文》:“整,齊也。从攴,从束,从正。正亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bìng combine Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts two people standing, one behind another.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (5 of 9 verified)

Meaning (1 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjiengpeŋ combine two things
pjiengHpeŋ-s combine two things

說文解字

《說文》:“幷,相從也。从从,幵聲。一曰从持二為幷。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

combine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person
SoundMeaning component
bìng combine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreːŋʔ
breːŋs
peŋʔ
peŋs
beːŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“併,並也。从人,并聲。”

Sources

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