秉

秉

秉 U+79C9, 秉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79C9 ← 秈 [U+79C8] CJK Unified Ideographs 秊 → [U+79CA]

Translingual

Han character

秉 (radical 115, 禾+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中 (HDL) or X竹木中 (XHDL), four-corner 2090₇, composition ⿱丿𣏃 or ⿻禾⿻コ一)

References

• KangXi: page 849, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24932
• Dae Jaweon: page 1272, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2592, character 5
• Unihan data for U+79C9

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		秉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (秉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
秉	*praŋʔ
棅	*praŋs

Etymology

Cognate with 柄 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs, “a handle”), exopassive of 秉 (OC *praŋʔ, “to grasp”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing²
• Min Nan (POJ): péng

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiæŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	秉
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▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*praŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	秉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjængX ›
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/
English	grasp
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秉
Reading #	1/1
No.	899
Phonetic component	秉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丙
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/

Definitions

秉

1. a handful of crops
2. to grasp; to hold
3. to preside over
4. to persist in; to persevere

Compounds

一秉至公 伊秉綬／伊秉绶 內秉堅孤／内秉坚孤 公秉 披秉 當風秉燭／当风秉烛 秉公 (bǐnggōng) 秉公無私／秉公无私 秉國／秉国 秉彝

秉心 秉性 (bǐngxìng) 秉承 (bǐngchéng) 秉持 (bǐngchí) 秉文 秉正 秉燭／秉烛 (bǐngzhú) 秉燭夜遊／秉烛夜游 秉燭達旦／秉烛达旦 秉笏披袍

秉筆／秉笔 (bǐngbǐ) 秉筆直書／秉笔直书 秉臺衡／秉台衡 秉要執本／秉要执本 秉賦／秉赋 秉鈞／秉钧 秉鉞／秉钺 秉鐸／秉铎 風中秉燭／风中秉烛

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Japanese

Kanji

秉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. take
2. cherish
3. sheaf
4. unit of volume (10 koku; 1,800 l)

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

秉 (eum 병 (byeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

秉: Hán Nôm readings: bỉnh, bảnh

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