炳

炳	U+70B3, 炳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B3

Translingual

Han character

炳 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火一人月 (FMOB), four-corner 9182₇, composition ⿰火丙)

bright, luminous
glorious

Derived characters

𦳼

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 669, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18960
Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2194, character 15
Unihan data for U+70B3

Chinese

trad.		炳
simp. ^#		炳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
更	kraːŋ, kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	kraːŋ, kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	ŋɡraːŋs, ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	praŋʔ, praŋs
怲	praŋʔ, praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	praŋʔ, praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Etymology

Unger (1986) reconstructs Old Chinese pronunciation as *pl(j)aŋʔ and considers this item part of a word family under 陽 (OC *laŋ) and related to Thai ปลั่ง (bplàng, “bright”); alternatively, Schuessler (2007) reconstructs OC *br(j)aŋʔ and includes this in an Austroasiatic word family under 亮 (OC *raŋs). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): péng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ping³
  - Yale: bǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
  - Palladius: бин (bin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bing²
  - Yale: bíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng
  - Tâi-lô: píng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: péng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peŋ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: pjaengX

Rime
Character	炳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵永切
Baxter	pjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/piɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/pĭɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*praŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炳
Reading #	1/1
No.	884
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丙
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/

Definitions

炳

bright; luminous
to shine
notable; remarkable; outstanding; prominent; marked; striking; distinctive
to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle

Synonyms

(bright):

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亮堂 (liàngtáng)
光亮 (guāngliàng)
光明 (guāngmíng)
光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
明亮 (míngliàng)
明朗 (mínglǎng)
晶亮 (jīngliàng)
晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
皓 (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

(to shine):

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光照 (guāngzhào)
光耀 (guāngyào)
映照 (yìngzhào)
炫耀 (xuànyào)
照射 (zhàoshè)
照耀 (zhàoyào)
照臨／照临 (zhàolín) (literary)
彪炳 (biāobǐng) (literary)
輝映／辉映 (huīyìng)

(notable):

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異／特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

(to ignite):

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燃 (rán) (literary, or in compounds)
發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
點燃／点燃 (diǎnrán)
點著／点着 (diǎnzháo)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

炳

(Hyōgai kanji)

clear & bright

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
炳
へい Hyōgai
kan'on

Adjective

炳(へい) • (hei) ^†-tari (adnominal 炳(へい)とした (hei to shita) or 炳(へい)たる (hei taru), adverbial 炳(へい)と (hei to) or 炳(へい)として (hei to shite))

bright, shining,
clear to the eye

Korean

Hanja

炳 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏng, Yale pyeng)

bright, luminous
glorious

Vietnamese

Han character

炳: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bính, bỉnh, bảnh, bãnh

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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