屏

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See also: 摒 and 屛

屏 U+5C4F, 屏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C4F
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Translingual

Han character

屏 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸廿廿 (STT), four-corner 77241, composition ⿸尸并)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 301, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7692
  • Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 973, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5C4F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 屏
alternative forms 屛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (并) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鵧 *bi
駢 *beːn
胼 *beːn
骿 *beːn
軿 *beːn, *beːŋ
賆 *beːn
跰 *preŋs, *beːn
恲 *pʰreŋ
鮩 *breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ
絣 *preːŋ
拼 *preːŋ
迸 *preːŋs
姘 *pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ
皏 *pʰreːŋʔ
併 *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ
并 *peŋ, *peŋs
栟 *peŋ
屏 *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ
箳 *peŋ, *beːŋ
餅 *peŋʔ
鉼 *peŋʔ
摒 *peŋs
庰 *beŋs
偋 *beŋs
艵 *pʰeːŋ
頩 *pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ
竮 *pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ
瓶 *beːŋ
缾 *beːŋ
蛢 *beːŋ
荓 *beːŋ
郱 *beːŋ
洴 *beːŋ
蓱 *beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ): semantic 尸 + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • bing2 - literary;
  • pia2/piann2 - vernacular.
Note:
  • pêng - literary;
  • pîn - vernacular;
  • péng/pēng - literary;
  • pín/pīn - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 屏
    Reading # 2/3
    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/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/bʱieŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		píng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ping4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 屏
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		píng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ beng ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁeŋ/
    English screen; to protect

    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 屏
    Reading # 3/3
    No. 951
    Phonetic
    component         		并
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		瓶
    Old
    Chinese         		/*beːŋ/
    Definitions

    屏

    1. a screen wall across the gate of a house for privacy
    2. wall
    3. folding screen, shield
    4. wall scroll
    5. to protect
    6. to shelter
    7. (computing) screen
      黑屏  ―  hēipíng  ―  black screen
    See also
    Compounds

    Pronunciation 2

    Rime
    Character 屏
    Reading # 3/3
    Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
    Final (韻) 清 (121)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 必郢切
    Baxter pjiengX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/piᴇŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/piɛŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/piæŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/piajŋX/
    Li
    Rong         		/piɛŋX/
    Wang
    Li         		/pĭɛŋX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/pi̯ɛŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		bǐng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		bing2
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 屏
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 935
    Phonetic
    component         		并
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		餅
    Old
    Chinese         		/*peŋʔ/
    Definitions

    屏

    1. to abandon; to discard
      alt. forms: 偋
    2. to dismiss
    3. to hide
    4. to suppress
    5. to banish
    Compounds

    Pronunciation 3

    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 屏
    Reading # 1/3
    No. 932
    Phonetic
    component         		并
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		并
    Old
    Chinese         		/*peŋ/
    Definitions

    屏

    1. toilet

    Pronunciation 4

    Rime
    Character 屏
    Reading # 1/3
    Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
    Final (韻) 清 (121)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 府盈切
    Baxter pjieng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/piᴇŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/piɛŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/piæŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/piajŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/piɛŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/pĭɛŋ/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/pi̯ɛŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		bīng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		bing1
    Definitions

    屏

    1. only used in 屏營／屏营 (bīngyíng)

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of 屏 – see 摒 (“to expel; to cast off; to clean up; to tidy up; etc.”).
    (This character is the second-round simplified form of 摒).
    Notes:

    References

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

    Japanese

    Kanji

    屏

    (Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 屛)

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    Readings

    • On (unclassified): へい (hei)、びょう (byō)
    • Kun: しりぞく (shirizoku)、おおう (ōu)

    Korean

    Hanja

    屏 (eumhun 병풍 병 (byeongpung byeong))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    屏: Hán Nôm readings: bình

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