萍

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See also: 蓱
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Translingual

Han character

萍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一十 (TEMJ), four-corner 44149, composition ⿱艹泙)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31266
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3239, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+840D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (平) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
平 *ben, *beŋ
怦 *pʰreːŋ
砰 *pʰreːŋ
抨 *pʰreːŋ
閛 *pʰreːŋ
伻 *pʰreːŋ
評 *beŋ, *beŋs
坪 *beŋ
苹 *beŋ
枰 *beŋ, *beŋs
泙 *beŋ
蚲 *beŋ
胓 *beŋ
匉 *pʰreːŋ
萍 *beːŋ

Etymology 1

trad. 萍
simp. # 萍
alternative forms 苹
蓱

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 萍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 薄經切
Baxter beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/beŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/beŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/beŋ/
Wang
Li 		/bieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		píng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ping4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 萍
Reading # 1/1
No. 9830
Phonetic
component 		平
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		瓶
Old
Chinese 		/*beːŋ/

Definitions

萍

  1. duckweed (often a symbol of floating existence)
  2. to wander; to travel around

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 萍
simp. # 萍

Pronunciation

Note: piê5 - Chaozhou.

Definitions

萍

  1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 薸 (“duckweed”)

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “萍”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 178.

Japanese

Kanji

萍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: びょう (byō)
  • Kan-on: へい (hei)
  • Kun: うきくさ (ukikusa)、よもぎ (yomogi)

Korean

Hanja

萍 (eumhun 개구리밥 평 (gaeguribap pyeong))

  1. hanja form? of 평 (“duckweed”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

萍: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bềnh, phềnh, phình

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