bīng

ice

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 08:29 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 08:29 PM

is a component form of . Depicts chunks of ice.

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

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

說文解字

《說文》:“仌,凍也。象水凝之形。”

Sources

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