萍

Translingual

Han character

萍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一十 (TEMJ), four-corner 4414₉, composition ⿱艹泙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31266
• Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3239, character 10
• Unihan data for U+840D

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Chinese

trad.		萍
simp. #		萍
alternative forms		苹

Glyph origin

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

	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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píng (ping²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / pêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵ / pio⁵ / piê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²
    • Yale: píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping⁴
    • Yale: pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
    • Tâi-lô: phîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
    • Tâi-lô: pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pêng⁵ / pio⁵ / piê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng / phiô / phiê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰio⁵⁵/, /pʰie⁵⁵/

Note:

• pêng5 - literary;
• pio5/piê5 - semantic (piê5 - Chaozhou).

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• Middle Chinese: beng

Rime
Character	萍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	薄經切
Baxter	beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/beŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/beŋ/
Wang Li	/bieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萍
Reading #	1/1
No.	9830
Phonetic component	平
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓶
Old Chinese	/*beːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 萍

1. duckweed (often a symbol of floating existence)
2. to wander; to travel around

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

萍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: びょう (byō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: うきくさ (ukikusa), よもぎ (yomogi)

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Korean

Hanja

萍 • (pyeong) (hangeul 평, revised pyeong, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏng, Yale phyeng)

Definitions

1. 개구리밥 (gaeguribap): duckweed

Compounds

1. 浮萍草 (부평초, bupyeongcho); duckweed
2. 浮萍轉蓬 (부평전봉, bypyeongjeonbong); to wander about aimlessly
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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 萍 (bình, bềnh, phềnh, phình)

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