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炳

bǐng

Character

What 炳 means

1. bright
2. brilliant
3. luminous

Words starting with 炳

• 炳文bǐng wénluminous style
• 炳然bǐng ránto be manifest for everyone to see
• 炳焕bǐng huànbright and brilliant
• 炳烛bǐng zhúby bright candlelight
• 炳耀bǐng yàobright and luminous
• 炳著bǐng zhùeminent; renowned
• 炳蔚bǐng wèisplendid (of writing style)

Words containing 炳

• 章炳麟Zhāng Bǐng línZhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual…
• 彪炳biāo bǐng(literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly…
• 彪炳千古biāo bǐng qiān gǔto shine through the ages (idiom)

Characters built on 丙

These share the phonetic component 丙 (bǐng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 柄bǐnghandle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…
• 邴bǐngancient city name; happy

Characters that look like 炳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 耗hàoto waste; to spend; to consume
• 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some
• 胸xiōngchest; bosom; heart
• 柄bǐnghandle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 涧jiànmountain stream

Sounds the same

Read bǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饼round flat cake; cookie; cake
• 丙third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; third in order…
• 柄handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…
• 秉to grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 禀to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow
• 屏to get rid of; to put aside; to reject
• 昺bright; glorious
• 邴ancient city name; happy
• 苪bright; shining, splendid
• 鞞scabbard
• 絣Ikat, a type of woven silk; Kasuri
• 怲sad; mournful