炳

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炳 U+70B3, 炳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B3
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炴 →

Translingual

Han character

炳 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火一人月 (FMOB), four-corner 91827, composition ⿰火丙)

  1. bright, luminous
  2. glorious

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 669, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18960
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2194, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+70B3

Chinese

trad. 炳
simp. # 炳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
更 *kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳 *kraːŋ
埂 *kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭 *kraːŋ
稉 *kraːŋ
梗 *kraːŋʔ
哽 *kraːŋʔ
綆 *kraːŋʔ
鯁 *kraːŋʔ
挭 *kraːŋʔ
骾 *kraːŋʔ
郠 *kraːŋʔ
硬 *ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕 *ŋɡraːŋs
丙 *pqraŋʔ
炳 *praŋʔ
邴 *praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲 *praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪 *praŋʔ
蛃 *praŋʔ
昺 *praŋʔ
昞 *praŋʔ
窉 *praŋʔ
柄 *praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵 *praŋs
寎 *praŋs
病 *braŋs

Etymology

Unger (1986) reconstructs Old Chinese pronunciation as *pl(j)aŋʔ and considers this item part of a word family under 陽 (OC *laŋ) and related to Thai ปลั่ง (bplàng, “bright”); alternatively, Schuessler (2007) reconstructs OC *br(j)aŋʔ and includes this in an Austroasiatic word family under 亮 (OC *raŋs). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 炳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 兵永切
Baxter pjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/piajŋX/
Li
Rong 		/piɐŋX/
Wang
Li 		/pĭɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bing2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炳
Reading # 1/1
No. 884
Phonetic
component 		丙
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		丙
Old
Chinese 		/*praŋʔ/

Definitions

炳

  1. bright; luminous
  2. to shine
  3. notable; remarkable; outstanding; prominent; marked; striking; distinctive
  4. to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle

Synonyms

  • (bright):
  • (to shine):
  • (notable):
  • (to ignite):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

炳

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. clear & bright

Readings

  • Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
  • Kan-on: へい (hei)
  • Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炳らか)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
炳
へい
Hyōgai
kan'on

Adjective

炳(へい) • (hei) †-tari (adnominal 炳(へい)とした (hei to shita) or 炳(へい)たる (hei taru), adverbial 炳(へい)と (hei to) or 炳(へい)として (hei to shite))

  1. bright, shining,
  2. clear to the eye

Korean

Hanja

炳 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏng, Yale pyeng)

  1. bright, luminous
  2. glorious

Vietnamese

Han character

炳: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bính, bỉnh, bảnh, bãnh

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville
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