蓱

See also: 萍

蓱 U+84F1, 蓱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84F1 ← 蓰 [U+84F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓲 → [U+84F2]

蓱 U+2F9A8, 蓱 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9A8 ← 䔫 [U+2F9A7] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 蓳 → [U+2F9A9]

Translingual

Han character

蓱 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿水廿廿 (TETT), four-corner 4434₁, composition ⿱艹洴 or ⿱艹⿰氵幷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1047, character 67
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31727
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3284, character 11
• Unihan data for U+84F1

• Unihan data for U+2F9A8

Chinese

trad.		蓱
simp. #		蓱

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

From Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ភ្លៀង (phliəng, “rain”) (Schuessler, 2007), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(p)liɲ ~ *(p)liəɲ ~ (p)liiɲ (“sky, rain”) .

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píng (ping²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²
    • Yale: píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping⁴
    • Yale: pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: beng

Rime
Character	蓱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	薄經切
Baxter	beng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/beŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/beŋ/
Wang Li	/bieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓱
Reading #	1/1
No.	958
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓶
Old Chinese	/*beːŋ/
Notes	同萍

Definitions

蓱

1. (mythology) Rain Master

   • 蓱號起雨，何以興之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蓱号起雨，何以兴之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Píng háo qǐyǔ, héyǐ xīng zhī? [Pinyin]

     The pluvial sprite cries out for the rain to fall; how does he bring it about?

Compounds

• 蓱翳

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蓱 – see 萍 (“duckweed; to wander; to travel around; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 萍).

Japanese

Kanji

蓱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へい (hei)、びょう (byō)
• Kun: うきくさ (ukikusa)

Korean

Hanja

蓱 • (pyeong) (hangeul 평, revised pyeong, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏng, Yale phyeng)

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