冫 is a component form of 冰. Pictograph of the texture of ice (i.e. the crystalline lines as seen on ice).
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ping | p.rəŋ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-) | ice |
說文解字
《說文》：“仌，凍也。象水凝之形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 林志強《《文源》評注》p.45鄒暁麗《基础漢字形義釋源》p.208
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)