Chinese Character Wiki
並

bìng

side by side

Depits two people standing (立) side by side.

Components
立 iconic component

立  Iconic component

lì

  

stand

立 iconic component

立  Iconic component

lì

  

stand

Evolution

並 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
並 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
並 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

并 (並) 

bìng

equal to; side by side; also, what is more; both; and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge

Most common words with 並
Freq.
Word
Meaning

并

and

并且

and

并不

not at all

并非

really isn't

合并

to merge

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

普 碰 椪 湴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤeŋʔ

bengX

bìng

side by side, together


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 86.3848% of movies

294th most common character in movies

141st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

并

Unicode

U+4E26

Shuowen

“竝，併也。从二立。”


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