Dong Chinese dictionary

bǐng

rice-cakes

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 餅.

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí

eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

并 Sound component

bìng

combine

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

bǐng

rice-cakes, biscuits; round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhāng]

Most common words with 饼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	饼	cookie
	饼干	biscuit
	馅饼	pie
	月饼	mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival)
	煎饼	pancake

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