冫

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See also: 氷, 氵, ソ, ン, 疒, and 仌
冫 U+51AB, 冫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51AB
← 冪
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冬 →
⼎ U+2F0E, ⼎
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 		Kangxi Radicals ⼏ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冫 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈一 (IM), four-corner 30100, composition ⿱丶㇀)

  1. Kangxi radical #15, ⼎.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 131, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1607
  • Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 295, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+51AB

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 冫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冫
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (仌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冫 *prɯŋ
冰 *pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ
砅 *pʰrɯŋ, *rads
馮 *brɯŋ, *bɯŋ
憑 *bɯŋ

Radical form of 仌, in which the two blocks of ice appear compressed and stylized. Unrelated to 氵, 次, and 准.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 冫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 筆陵切
Baxter ping
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/piŋ/
Li
Rong 		/piəŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pĭəŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bing1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ping ›
Old
Chinese 		/*p.rəŋ/ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)
English ice

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 冫
Reading # 1/1
No. 855
Phonetic
component 		仌
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		冫
Old
Chinese 		/*prɯŋ/

Definitions

冫

  1. Radical form of 仌.

Usage notes

Japanese

Kanji

冫

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. “ice” radical (二水, nisui)

Readings

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

冫 (eumhun 얼음 빙 (eoreum bing))

Definition: pure ice/water of which 빙 derives from the modern Beijing pronunciation of 水

Vietnamese

Han character

冫: Hán Nôm readings: băng

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References

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