並
bìng HSK3

side by side

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rejected by inralback19 · Mar 9, 2026, 08:54 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 9, 2026, 11:51 PM

two-people

Review: This is an unnecessary change. It's grammatically correct and this style of writing is already seen in other characters as well. Don't ruin consistency.

Changed fields: hint

Originally written as 竝. Depicts two people standing (立) side by side.

Components

立
立 Iconic component
lì stand
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 立 than it was in ancient scripts.
立
立 Iconic component
lì stand
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 立 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbengX[b]ˤeŋʔ side by side, together

說文解字

《說文》：“竝，併也。从二立。”

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)