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Translingual
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Han character
苹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿一火十 (TMFJ), four-corner 44409, composition ⿱艹平)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30823
- Dae Jaweon: page 1484, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3189, character 4
- Unihan data for U+82F9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 平
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*ben, *beŋ
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| 怦
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*pʰreːŋ
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| 砰
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*pʰreːŋ
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| 抨
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*pʰreːŋ
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| 閛
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*pʰreːŋ
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| 伻
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*pʰreːŋ
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| 評
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*beŋ, *beŋs
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| 坪
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*beŋ
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| 苹
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*beŋ
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| 枰
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*beŋ, *beŋs
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| 泙
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*beŋ
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| 蚲
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*beŋ
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| 胓
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*beŋ
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| 匉
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*pʰreːŋ
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| 萍
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*beːŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beŋ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ).
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 苹 – see 蘋 (“apple; Chinese chestnut”).
(This character is the simplified form of 蘋). |
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Usage notes
This simplified glyph is used in 苹果 (píngguǒ).
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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苹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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píng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ beng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁeŋ/
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| English
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duckweed
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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苹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9821
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Phonetic
component
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平
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Rime
group
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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平
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Old
Chinese
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/*beŋ/
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Definitions
苹
- Alternative form of 萍 (“duckweed”)
- Alternative name for 藾蕭／𰱾萧 (“Artemisia argyi”).
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
苹
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
苹 • (pyeong) (hangeul 평, revised pyeong, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏng, Yale phyeng)
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