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冰

bīng

ice

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

Components
冫 iconic component

冫  Iconic component

bīng

  

ice

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

水 meaning component

水  Meaning component

shuǐ

  

water

Evolution

冰 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
冰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冰 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
冰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冰  

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

冰 (氷) 

bīng

variant of 冰[bīng]

Most common words with 冰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冰

ice

冰箱

icebox

冰淇淋

ice cream

冰冷

ice-cold

冰激凌

ice cream

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p.rəŋ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-)

ping

bīng

ice


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 38.3309% of movies

885th most common character in movies

1070th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+51B0

Shuowen

“冰，水堅也。从仌，从水。凝，俗冰从疑。”


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