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瓶

píng

bottle

Phonosemantic compound. 瓦 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound. Simplified form of 缾.

Components
瓦 meaning component

瓦  Meaning component

wǎ

  

earthenware

并 sound component

并  Sound component

bìng

  

combine

Evolution

瓶 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
瓶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

瓶  

píng

jug, pitcher, vase, jar, bottle; bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[gè]; classifier for wine and liquids

瓶 (缾) 

píng

variant of 瓶[píng]

Most common words with 瓶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

瓶

bottle

瓶子

bottle

花瓶

flower vase

瓶颈

bottleneck

瓶装

bottled

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤeŋ

beng

píng

bottle


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 28.3838% of movies

1201st most common character in movies

1703rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+74F6

Shuowen

“缾，也。从缶，并聲。瓶，缾或从瓦。”


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