瓶
píng HSK2

bottle

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approved by Peter Olson · Mar 2, 2026, 05:06 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Mar 2, 2026, 05:06 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 缾.

Components

并
并 Sound component
瓦
瓦 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbeng[b]ˤeŋ bottle

Sources

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