丙

Translingual

Etymology

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) : the tail of a fish.

Han character

丙 (radical 1 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一人月 (MOB), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱一内)

1. the third of the ten heavenly stems
2. third (“elder fire”)

Derived characters

• 柄 病

References

• KangXi: page 78, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35
• Dae Jaweon: page 156, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 16, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E19

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		丙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing²
• Min Nan (POJ): piáⁿ / píng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ping³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
    • IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing²
    • Yale: bíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing²
    • IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáⁿ / píng
    • Tâi-lô: piánn / píng
    • IPA (Taipei): /piã⁴¹/, /piŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piã⁵³/, /piŋ⁵³/
  • Note: piáⁿ - vernacular, píng - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (丙, reconstructed)
Character (丙), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 庚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 兵永切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɣiæŋX/	/pi̯ɐŋX/	/piɐŋX/	/pɯiaŋX/	/piajŋX/	/pĭɐŋX/	/piaŋX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (丙, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
丙								bǐng								‹ pjængX ›								/*praŋʔ/								3d heavenly stem
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
丙					883					丙					陽					0					丙					/*pqraŋʔ/					甲文象二石相對並，與竝同源，後轉註爲兩。又史諱通景

Verb

丙

1. (slang) to beat

Adjective

丙

1. number three; third

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

丙

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. third in rank; third sign of the Chinese calendar

Readings

• On: へい (hei), ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: ひのえ (hinoe)

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Korean

Hanja

丙 (byeong)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 병 (revised: byeong, McCune-Reischauer: pyŏng)

• Name (hangeul): 남녘 (revised: namnyeok, McCune-Reischauer: namnǒk')

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丙

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Vietnamese

Han character

丙 (bính, biếng)

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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, 1999