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邴

bǐng

Character

What 邴 means

1. ancient city name
2. happy

Other readings

邴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Bǐngsurname Bing

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…
• 炳bǐngbright; brilliant; luminous

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
• 炳bright; brilliant; luminous
• 屏to get rid of; to put aside; to reject
• 昺bright; glorious
• 苪bright; shining, splendid
• 鞞scabbard
• 絣Ikat, a type of woven silk; Kasuri
• 怲sad; mournful