Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Han character [ edit ]
冰 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫 +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈一水 (IME ), four-corner 32130 , composition ⿰冫 水 )
Derived characters [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Kangxi Dictionary: page 131 , character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1612
Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 295, character 9
Unihan data for U+51B0
Chinese [ edit ]
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
冫
*prɯŋ
冰
*pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ
砅
*pʰrɯŋ, *rads
馮
*brɯŋ, *bɯŋ
憑
*bɯŋ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ ): semantic 水 + phonetic 仌 ( OC *pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ) .
The above vulgar character in Shuowen Jiezi is 凝 ( níng ) .
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-p(w)am ( “ to freeze; snow ” ) (provisionally reconstructed). Compare Proto-Tani *pam ( “ snow ” ) , Japhug jpɣom ( “ to freeze ” ) , tɤjpɣom ( “ ice ” ) (STEDT; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019 ). Cognate with 凌 (OC *rɯŋ , “ice”) and possibly 凝 (OC *ŋrɯŋ , “to congeal”) (STEDT; Baxter and Sagart, 2014 ). STEDT also includes 雱 (OC *pʰaːŋ , “heavy (snowfall)”) and 霙 (OC *qraŋ , “snowflake”) in its Chinese comparandum.
Alternatively, this may be related to Old Khmer ប្រិង៑ ( “ to harden; to solidify ” ) [1] , from រិង៑ ( “ to dry up ” ) , although the meanings are difficult to reconcile (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : bīng (bing1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄅㄧㄥ
(Chengdu , SP ) : bin1
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : бин (bin, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : bing1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : ben1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : bin1
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : pên
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : bên1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : biang1
Min Bei (KCR ) : báing / béng
Min Dong (BUC ) : bĭng
Min Nan
(Hokkien , POJ ) : peng
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : bian1
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : bin1
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
冰
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
冰
Reading #
1/2
No.
856
Phonetic component
仌
Rime group
蒸
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
冫
Old Chinese
/*pŋrɯŋ/
Definitions [ edit ]
冰
ice (Classifier : 塊 / 块 m )
冰 塊/ 冰 块 ― bīng kuài ― ice cube
ice-cold
to freeze ; to ice
( slang , drug) methamphetamine ; meth ; ice
溜冰 ― liūbīng ― to smoke meth
a surname : Bing
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
冰 (“ice”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
冰 , 凌
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
冰
Mandarin
Beijing
冰
Taiwan
冰
Tianjin
冰
Tangshan
冰
Cangzhou
冰
Xianxian (Xiaoying)
凌
Baoding
冰
Shijiazhuang
冰
Chifeng
冰 , 冰冰
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
冰
Harbin
冰
Wuchang (Yingchengzi)
冰
Shenyang
冰 , 凍
Yantai (Muping)
冰
Qingdao
冰
Weifang (Weicheng)
凍凍
Weifang (Fangzi)
凍凍
Weifang (Hanting)
凍凍
Changyi
凍凍
Gaomi
凍凍
Zhucheng
凍凍
Anqiu
凍凍
Changle
凍凍
Linqu
凍凍
Qingzhou
凍凍
Shouguang
凍凍
Rizhao
凍凍
Wulian
凍凍
Jinan
冰 , 凍凍
Luoyang
冰 , 冰凌
Wanrong
冬凌
Zhengzhou
冰
Xi'an
冰
Dingbian
冰
Yinchuan
冰
Lanzhou
冰 , 凍
Xining
冰
Ürümqi
冰
Wuhan
凌 , 凌冰 , 冰 , 凍
Hong'an
凌冰
Chengdu
冰 , 凌冰 , 凌冰兒
Muli
凌冰子
Chongqing
冰 , 凌冰兒
Guiyang
冰 , 凌冰 in nature
Kunming
冰凌
Guilin
冰
Pingle
冰
Liuzhou
冰
Luzhai
冰
Nanning (Wuming)
冰
Binyang (Nanjie)
冰
Yizhou
冰
Luocheng (Dongmen)
冰
Tianlin (Langping)
凝
Xiangzhou (Nalu)
冰
Xuzhou
凍凍 , 冰冰 , 冰
Yangzhou
冰
Nanjing
冰 , 凍
Hefei
冰凍 , 冰
Chuzhou
冰凍
Nantong
凍
Qimen (Anling Junhua)
冰凍
Singapore
冰
Reshuitang (Longling)
冰
Mae Salong (Lancang)
冰
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
冰
Oudomxay
冰棒
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
冰
Cantonese
Guangzhou
雪 , 冰
Hong Kong
冰 , 雪
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
冰
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
冰
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
冰
Zhongshan (Chongkoumen Tanka)
冰 , 雪
Taishan
冰
Taishan (Guanghai)
冰 , 雪
Dongguan
冰 , 雪
Yangjiang
冰
Wuzhou
冰
Yulin
冰
Hepu (Lianzhou)
冰
Hepu (Shatian)
冰
Guiping (Jintian)
冰
Guiping (Jiangkou)
冰
Guiping (Madong)
冰
Beiliu
冰
Baise
冰
Qinzhou
冰
Qinzhou (Changtan)
冰
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
冰
Beihai
冰
Beihai (Nankang)
冰
Beihai (Yingpan)
冰
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
冰
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
冰
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
冰
Chongzuo (Laituan)
冰 , 霜 dated
Fusui (Qujiu)
冰 , 霜 dated
Lingchuan (Yangjia)
冰
Danzhou
冰
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)
冰
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
冰
Singapore (Guangfu)
冰
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
冰
Móng Cái
冰
Yangon (Taishan)
冰
Mandalay (Taishan)
冰
Gan
Nanchang
冰 , 冰凌
Pengze
凌冰
Yanshan
冰
Lichuan
冰凌
Pingxiang
冰 , 凌冰 dated; in nature
Hakka
Meixian
凝 , 冰
Xingning
凝餅
Huidong (Daling)
凝
Dongguan (Qingxi)
冰
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
冰
Wuhua (Huacheng)
硬凝
Wuhua (Changbu)
凝
Wuhua (Mianyang)
冰
Heyuan (Bendihua)
冰
Wengyuan
冰
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
硬凝
Liannan
冰
Jiexi
冰
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
冰
Changting
凌冰
Wuping
凌冰
Wuping (Yanqian)
凌冰
Wuping (Pingyu)
硬凝
Liancheng
凌冰
Liancheng (Peitian)
凌冰
Ninghua
凌冰
Yudu
冰
Ningdu
凌冰
Ruijin
凌冰
Shicheng
凌冰
Shangyou (Shexi)
硬構
Tonggu (Sandu)
凌冰
Ganzhou (Panlong)
凌冰
Dayu
凌冰
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
冰
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
冰
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
冰
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
冰
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
冰
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
冰
Hong Kong
冰
Yangxi (Tangkou)
冰
Yangchun (Sanjia)
冰
Xinyi (Sihe)
雪
Xinyi (Qianpai)
冰
Gaozhou (Xindong)
冰
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
冰
Huazhou (Xin'an)
冰
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
冰
Lianjiang (Qingping)
冰
Mengshan (Xihe)
冰
Luchuan
冰
Bobai (Shahe)
冰
Bobai (Longtan)
冰
Bobai (Lingping)
冰
Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang)
冰
Xingye (Gaofeng)
冰
Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui)
冰
Pingle (Tong'an)
冰
Yangshuo (Jinbao)
冰
Senai (Huiyang)
冰
Singkawang
雪
Pontianak (Meixian)
雪
Huizhou
Jixi
冰 , 凍冰
Shexian (Xianggao)
冰
Shexian (Daguyun)
冰 , 凍冰
Qimen (Anling Minhua)
冰凍
Jin
Taiyuan
冰 , 冰凌
Datong
冰
Datong (Yunzhou)
冰
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
冰凌
Xinzhou
冬蠟
Changzhi
冰凌
Linhe
冰
Jining
冰
Hohhot
冰
Handan
冰
Min Bei
Jian'ou
冰 , 霜冰
Pucheng (Shibei)
冰
Min Dong
Fuzhou
冰
Gutian
冰
Min Nan
Xiamen
冰 , 霜
Quanzhou
冰 , 霜
Zhangzhou
冰 , 霜
Tainan
冰
Penang (Hokkien)
霜 , 冰
Singapore (Hokkien)
霜 , 冰
Manila (Hokkien)
霜
Pingnan (Pingtian)
冰
Guiping (Xiaowen)
冰
Guiping (Dongsheng)
冰
Guilin (Biyange)
冰
Chaozhou
霜 , 冰
Shantou
冰
Jieyang
冰
Bangkok (Teochew)
霜水
Phnom Penh (Teochew)
冰霜
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
冰
Singapore (Teochew)
霜
Pontianak (Teochew)
冰
Wenchang
冰
Haikou
冰
Min Zhong
Yong'an
霜冰
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
冰
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
冰
Nanning (Gejiayuan)
冰
Nanning (Zhegulu)
冰
Nanning (Silian)
冰
Nanning (Xiuxiang)
冰
Binyang
冰
Chongzuo (Laituan)
冰
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Wutong, Lingui)
冰
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)
冰
Lingchuan (Sanjie)
冰
Lingchuan (Gaoqiao)
冰
Guanyang (Guanyinge)
雪
Shehua
Fu'an
冰
Fuding
冰
Luoyuan
冰
Sanming
冰
Shunchang
冰
Hua'an
冰
Guixi (Zhangping)
冰
Cangnan
冰
Jingning
冰
Lishui
冰
Longyou
冰
Chaozhou
冰
Fengshun
雪
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
涼槓
Luxi (Liangjiatan)
凝鉤子
Wu
Shanghai
冰
Shanghai (Chongming)
冰
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
冰
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
冰
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
冰
Shanghai (Songjiang)
冰
Suzhou
冰
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
冰
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
冰
Wuxi
冰
Changshu
冰 , 冰凍
Kunshan
冰
Jiaxing
冰
Changzhou
冰 , 結冰
Liyang
冰
Yixing
冰
Danyang
冰 , 凍
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
冰
Jingjiang
冰
Jiangyin
冰
Huzhou (Shuanglin)
冰
Hangzhou
冰
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
冰
Shaoxing
冰
Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
冰凍
Shengzhou (Chongren)
冰
Shengzhou (Taiping)
冰
Ningbo
冰
Yuyao
冰
Huangyan
冰
Wenzhou
冰 , 霜冰 in nature
Quzhou
冰
Jinhua
冰
Jinhua (Tangxi)
冰
Yongkang
冰
Xiang
Changsha
凌 , 凌冰 in nature
Xiangxiang
冰
Xiangxiang (Meiqiao)
凌構子
Shuangfeng
構冷子
Hengshan
冰
Hengshan (Baiguo)
冰
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)
冰 , 凌 , 凌構
( methamphetamine ) : 甲基苯丙胺 (jiǎjī běnbǐng'àn ), 甲基安非他命 (jiǎjī'ānfēitāmìng ), 冰毒 (bīngdú )
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Jenner, P. 2009. Dictionary of Pre-Angkorian Khmer and Dictionary of Angkorian Khmer. Pacific Linguists. [1]
Japanese [ edit ]
冰
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji )
Alternative form of 氷
Readings [ edit ]
冰 (eumhun 얼음 빙 ( eoreum bing ) )
Alternative form of 氷 ( “ Hanja form? of 빙 ( “ ice ” ) .” )
References [ edit ]
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 . [3]
Vietnamese [ edit ]
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
冰 : Hán Việt readings: băng (悲 ( bi ) 陵 ( lăng ) 切 ( thiết ) )[2] [3] [4] [5]
冰 : Nôm readings: băng [2] [4] [5] [6] , phăng [4] [7] [5] [6] , bâng [2] [4] [7] , văng [3] [4] , bưng [4]
chữ Hán form of băng ( “ ice ” ) .
Compounds [ edit ]
References [ edit ]