bīng

ice

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is a component form of . Pictograph of the texture of ice (i.e. the crystalline lines as seen on ice).

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

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Baxter-Sagartpingp.rəŋ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)ice

說文解字

《說文》:“仌,凍也。象水凝之形。”

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