píng

bottle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
瓦 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earthenware

并 sound component

  Sound component

bìng

  

combine

Evolution

瓶 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
瓶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瓶 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
瓶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

píng

jug, pitcher, vase, jar, bottle; bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:|[gè]; classifier for wine and liquids

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píng

variant of [píng]

Most common words with 瓶
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bottle

瓶子

bottle

花瓶

flower vase

瓶颈

bottleneck

瓶装

bottled