Dong Chinese dictionary

bīng

ice

Depicts chunks (冫) of frozen water (水).

Components

冫 Iconic component

bīng

ice

冫 is a component form of 冰. Depicts chunks of ice.

水 Meaning component

shuǐ

water

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bīng

ice; ice-cold; CL:塊|块[kuài]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine

bīng

variant of 冰[bīng]

Most common words with 冰

Sources