冫

See also: 氷, 氵, ソ, ン, 疒, and 仌

冫 U+51AB, 冫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51AB ← 冪 [U+51AA] CJK Unified Ideographs 冬 → [U+51AC]

⼎ U+2F0E, ⼎ KANGXI RADICAL ICE ← ⼍ [U+2F0D] Kangxi Radicals ⼏ → [U+2F0F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冫 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈一 (IM), four-corner 3010₀, composition ⿱丶㇀)

1. Kangxi radical #15, ⼎.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/冫
• 丬, 次, 𪟅, 飡, 馮, 𧩏, 𩇝, 𩇟, 𣱖, 𧗠, 氺, 疒, 兆, 习, 㭍, 𫝓, 㞑, 弱, 率

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 131, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1607
• Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 295, character 1
• Unihan data for U+51AB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		冫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冫
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (仌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
冫	*prɯŋ
冰	*pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ
砅	*pʰrɯŋ, *rads
馮	*brɯŋ, *bɯŋ
憑	*bɯŋ

Radical form of 仌, in which the two blocks of ice appear compressed and stylized. Unrelated to 氵, 次, and 准.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīng (bing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pên

  (Hailu, HRS): ben^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): bĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bing
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹
    • Yale: bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bing¹
    • Yale: bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pên
    • Hakka Romanization System: ben^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pen²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ben^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /pen⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bing¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng
    • Tâi-lô: ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ping

Rime
Character	冫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	筆陵切
Baxter	ping
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piŋ/
Li Rong	/piəŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.rəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bīng
Middle Chinese	‹ ping ›
Old Chinese	/*p.rəŋ/ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)
English	ice
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	冫
Reading #	1/1
No.	855
Phonetic component	仌
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冫
Old Chinese	/*prɯŋ/

Definitions

冫

1. Radical form of 仌.

Usage notes

• This radical is also referred as 兩點水／两点水 (liǎngdiǎnshuǐ) or 冰字旁 (bīngzìpáng).

Japanese

Kanji

冫

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Kangxi radical 15 ("ice"); 二(に)水(すい) (nisui).

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひよう (fyou, historical)}
• Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひよう (fyou, historical)}
• Kun: こおり (kōri, 冫)^{←こほり (kofori, 冫, historical)}、にすい (nisui, 冫)^{←にすゐ (niswi, 冫, historical)}

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

冫 (eumhun 얼음 빙 (eoreum bing))

Definition: pure ice/water of which 빙 derives from the modern Beijing pronunciation of 水

Vietnamese

Han character

冫: Hán Nôm readings: băng

1. chữ Hán form of băng (“Kangxi radical 15—‘ice’”)

References

• Nom Foundation