萍

See also: 蓱

萍 U+840D, 萍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840D ← 萌 [U+840C] CJK Unified Ideographs 萎 → [U+840E]

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

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

trad.		萍
simp. #		萍
alternative forms		苹 蓱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píng (ping²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bing²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / pêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bin

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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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ¹³/
• 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
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bin
    • MiniDict: bin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²³/

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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

萍

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

Compounds

• 一萍
• 人生如萍
• 斷梗流萍／断梗流萍
• 斷梗浮萍／断梗浮萍
• 斷梗飄萍／断梗飘萍
• 枯萍
• 梗泛萍漂
• 梗跡萍蹤／梗迹萍踪
• 楚昭萍實／楚昭萍实
• 楚江萍
• 楚王萍
• 楚萍
• 江萍
• 泛萍
• 流萍
• 浮萍 (fúpíng)
• 浮萍大海
• 浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗
• 浮萍浪梗
• 浪跡萍蹤／浪迹萍踪
• 漂萍
• 白萍
• 穀雨萍／谷雨萍
• 綠萍／绿萍
• 萍劍／萍剑
• 萍合
• 萍寄
• 萍寓
• 萍實／萍实
• 萍梗
• 萍氏
• 萍水
• 萍水相交
• 萍水相逢 (píngshuǐxiāngféng)
• 萍水相遇
• 萍水相遭
• 萍泛
• 萍泊
• 萍流
• 萍浮
• 萍漂
• 萍聚
• 萍蓬
• 萍藻
• 萍虀
• 萍跡／萍迹
• 萍蹤／萍踪 (píngzōng)
• 萍蹟／萍迹
• 萍蹤不定／萍踪不定
• 萍蹤梗跡／萍踪梗迹
• 萍蹤浪影／萍踪浪影
• 萍蹤浪跡／萍踪浪迹
• 萍蹤浪蹟／萍踪浪迹
• 萍蹤靡定／萍踪靡定
• 萍身
• 萍鄉／萍乡 (Píngxiāng)
• 萍鄉煤礦／萍乡煤矿
• 萍飄／萍飘
• 萍飄蓬轉／萍飘蓬转
• 赤萍 (chìpíng)
• 轉萍／转萍
• 雲萍／云萍
• 雲萍錄／云萍录
• 青萍
• 韭萍
• 風萍浪跡／风萍浪迹
• 風萍浪蹟／风萍浪迹
• 飄萍／飘萍
• 飄萍斷梗／飘萍断梗
• 飄萍浪蹟／飘萍浪迹
• 食萍
• 鷗波萍跡／鸥波萍迹
• 麗萍／丽萍

 

Etymology 2

trad.		萍
simp. #		萍

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phiô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pio⁵ / piê⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiô
    • Tâi-lô: phiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰio²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰio²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰio¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰio²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pio⁵ / piê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiô / phiê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰio⁵⁵/, /pʰie⁵⁵/

Note: piê5 - Chaozhou.

Definitions

萍

1. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 薸 (“duckweed”)

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萍”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 178.

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)

Korean

Hanja

萍 (eumhun 개구리밥 평 (gaeguribap pyeong))

1. hanja form^? of 평 (“duckweed”)

Compounds

• 부평초(浮萍草) (bupyeongcho, “duckweed”)
• 부평전봉(浮萍轉蓬) (bupyeongjeonbong, “wandering about aimlessly”)

Vietnamese

Han character

萍: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bềnh, phềnh, phình

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