CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

 

 

4 strokes ( )

ㄅlㄥ1 (ping1)

bīng

 

仌 = ice => its exact etymology is unknown, but the character −formed by the characters + − is reminiscent of the Han character for river, i.e. (radical 47), and perhaps referring to its frozen condition - alternatively it is written or

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