炳

炳

炳 U+70B3, 炳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70B3 ← 炲 [U+70B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 炴 → [U+70B4]

Translingual

Han character

炳 (radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火一人月 (FMOB), four-corner 9182₇, composition ⿰火丙)

1. bright, luminous
2. glorious

References

• KangXi: page 669, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18960
• Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2194, character 15
• Unihan data for U+70B3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		炳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
更	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Etymology

Unger (1986) reconstructs Old Chinese pronunciation as *pl(j)aŋʔ and considers this item part of a word family under 陽 (OC *laŋ) and related to Thai [script needed] (plaŋ, “bright”); alternatively, Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs *br(j)aŋʔ and includes 炳 in an Austroasiatic word family under 亮 (OC *raŋs). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): péng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ping³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
    • IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing²
    • Yale: bíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing²
    • IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng
    • Tâi-lô: píng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: péng
    • IPA ^(key): /peŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiæŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	炳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵永切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/piaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋX/
Li Rong	/piɐŋX/
Wang Li	/pĭɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*praŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炳
Reading #	1/1
No.	884
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丙
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/

Definitions

炳

1. bright, luminous, glorious

Compounds

功業彪炳／功业彪炳 彪炳 彪炳千古 戰功彪炳／战功彪炳 文炳雕龍／文炳雕龙 炳如日星 炳文

炳曜 炳炳烺烺 炳炳鑿鑿／炳炳凿凿 炳炳麟麟 炳然 炳煥／炳焕 炳燭／炳烛

炳燭之明／炳烛之明 炳燭夜遊／炳烛夜游 炳若日星 炳著 炳蔚 炳賁／炳贲 炳靈寺／炳灵寺

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Japanese

Kanji

炳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. clear & bright

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 炳らか)

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Korean

Hanja

炳 • (byeong) (hangeul 병, revised byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏng, Yale pyeng)

1. bright, luminous
2. glorious

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Vietnamese

Han character

炳 (bỉnh, bính)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Nôm: bỉnh, bính

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville