píngbīngbǐng

folding screen

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
户 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

door

并 sound component

  Sound component

bìng

  

combine

Evolution

屏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

píng

folding screen, shield; (standing) screen

 

bīng

see 屏營|屏营[bīng​yíng]

 

bǐng

to get rid of; to put aside; to reject; to keep control; to hold (one's breath)

Most common words with 屏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

屏幕

screen (TV, computer or movie)

to get rid of

屏蔽

to screen

屏障

barrier

显示屏

display screen

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤeŋ

beng

píng

screen; to protect


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 10.2355% of movies

2016th most common character in movies

1891st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5C4F

Shuowen

“屏,敝也。从尸,并聲。”


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