併

See also: 倂 and 并

併 U+4F75, 併 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F75 ← 佴 [U+4F74] CJK Unified Ideographs 佶 → [U+4F76]

Translingual

Han character

併 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人廿廿 (OTT), four-corner 2824₁, composition ⿰亻并)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 561
• Dae Jaweon: page 212, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 153, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4F75

Chinese

trad.		併/倂/并*
simp.		并*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 併
Oracle bone script j18934 Small seal script s05756 Transcribed ancient scripts L24296
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (并) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鵧	*bi
駢	*beːn
胼	*beːn
骿	*beːn
軿	*beːn, *beːŋ
賆	*beːn
跰	*preŋs, *beːn
恲	*pʰreŋ
鮩	*breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ
絣	*preːŋ
拼	*preːŋ
迸	*preːŋs
姘	*pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ
皏	*pʰreːŋʔ
併	*breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ
并	*peŋ, *peŋs
栟	*peŋ
屏	*peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ
箳	*peŋ, *beːŋ
餅	*peŋʔ
鉼	*peŋʔ
摒	*peŋs
庰	*beŋs
偋	*beŋs
艵	*pʰeːŋ
頩	*pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ
竮	*pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ
瓶	*beːŋ
缾	*beːŋ
蛢	*beːŋ
荓	*beːŋ
郱	*beːŋ
洴	*beːŋ
蓱	*beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìng (bing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing³ / ping³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìng
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴
    • Yale: bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bing³ / ping³
    • Yale: bing / ping
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing³ / ping³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing³ / ping³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³³/, /pʰɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pèng
    • Tâi-lô: pìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pjiengX, bengX, pjiengH

Rime
Character	併	併	併
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	青 (125)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV	III
Fanqie	必郢切	蒲迥切	畀政切
Baxter	pjiengX	bengX	pjiengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇŋX/	/beŋX/	/piᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛŋX/	/beŋX/	/piɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/piæŋX/	/bɛŋX/	/piæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋX/	/bɛjŋX/	/piajŋH/
Li Rong	/piɛŋX/	/beŋX/	/piɛŋH/
Wang Li	/pĭɛŋX/	/bieŋX/	/pĭɛŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛŋX/	/bʱieŋX/	/pi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐng	bìng	bìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing2	bing6	bing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*breːŋʔ/, /*breːŋs/, /*peŋʔ/, /*peŋs/, /*beːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	併	併	併	併	併
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5
No.	928	929	937	939	960
Phonetic component	并	并	并	并	并
Rime group	耕	耕	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	𠊧	𠊧	餅	摒	竝
Old Chinese	/*breːŋʔ/	/*breːŋs/	/*peŋʔ/	/*peŋs/	/*beːŋʔ/
Notes	原右作並此爲注內或體	原右作並

Definitions

併

1. to combine; to amalgamate

Compounds

• 一併 / 一并 (yībìng)
• 併入 / 并入 (bìngrù)
• 併兼 / 并兼
• 併力 / 并力 (bìnglì)
• 併名 / 并名
• 併吞 / 并吞 (bìngtūn)
• 併攏 / 并拢 (bìnglǒng)
• 併案 / 并案 (bìng'àn)
• 併火 / 并火
• 併當 / 并当
• 併疊 / 并叠
• 併發 / 并发 (bìngfā)
• 併發症 / 并发症 (bìngfāzhèng)
• 併科 / 并科 (bìngkē)
• 併立 / 并立
• 併肩子 / 并肩子
• 併購 / 并购 (bìnggòu)
• 併贓拿賊 / 并赃拿贼
• 併贓治罪 / 并赃治罪
• 併除 / 并除
• 併骨 / 并骨 (bìnggǔ)
• 催併 / 催并
• 兼併 / 兼并 (jiānbìng)
• 合併 / 合并 (hébìng)
• 合併症 / 合并症 (hébìngzhèng)
• 吞併 / 吞并 (tūnbìng)
• 忙併 / 忙并
• 打併 / 打并
• 撤併 / 撤并
• 數罪併罰 / 数罪并罚 (shùzuì bìngfá)
• 歸併 / 归并 (guībìng)
• 火併 / 火并 (huǒbìng)
• 相併 / 相并
• 裁併 / 裁并 (cáibìng)
• 連三併四 / 连三并四
• 逼併 / 逼并
• 齊心併力 / 齐心并力

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	併
Kyūjitai	倂

Kanji

併

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 倂)

1. join

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}、びょう (byō)^{←びやう (byau, historical)}
• Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
• Kun: あわせる (awaseru, 併せる, Jōyō)^{←あはせる (afaseru, 併せる, historical)}、ならぶ (narabu, 併ぶ)、しかし (shikashi, 併し)

Compounds

• 併記(へいき) (heiki)
• 併合(へいごう) (heigō)
• 併称(へいしょう) (heishō)
• 併呑(へいどん) (heidon)

Korean

Hanja

併 (eum 병 (byeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

併: Hán Nôm readings: tính

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