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Translingual
Stroke order
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
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
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 ).Notes:
Usage notes
This simplified glyph is used in 苹果 ( píngguǒ ) .
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
苹
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
píng
Middle Chinese
‹ beng ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁeŋ/
English
duckweed
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
苹
Reading #
1/1
No.
9821
Phonetic component
平
Rime group
耕
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
平
Old Chinese
/*beŋ/
Definitions
苹
alternative form of 萍 ( “ duckweed ” )
呦呦 鹿 鳴 ,食 野 之 苹 。 呦呦 鹿 鸣 ,食 野 之 苹 。 From: The Classic of Poetry , c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE , translated based on James Legge 's versionYōuyōu lù míng, shí yě zhī píng . With pleased sounds the deer call to one another, eating the celery of the fields.
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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