乒乓 pīngpāng clatter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 乒 pīng ping Derived from 兵 (bīng), with one stroke removed. Symmetric with 乓, so that 乒乓 (pīngpāng) resembles the back-and-forth motion of ping-pong. Components 兵 兵 SoundRemnant component bīng soldier Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 乓 pāng pong Derived from 兵 (bīng), with one stroke removed. Symmetric with 乒, so that 乒乓 (pīngpāng) resembles the back-and-forth motion of ping-pong. Components 兵 兵 SoundRemnant component bīng soldier Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode