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并

bìng

combine

Simplified form of 並. Depicts two people standing, one behind another.

Evolution

并 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
并 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
并 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
并 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

并 (併) 

bìng

combine, annex; to amalgamate

并 (竝) 

bìng

variant of 並|并[bìng]

Most common words with 并
Freq.
Word
Meaning

并

and

并且

and

并不

not at all

并非

really isn't

合并

to merge

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (1 verified)

併 駢 骈 姘

Sound component in 9 characters (4 verified)

併 瓶 餅 饼 拼 屏 迸 姘 胼

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*peŋ

pjieng

bīng

combine two things

*peŋ-s

pjiengH

bìng

combine two things


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 86.3848% of movies

294th most common character in movies

141st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

並併

Unicode

U+5E76

Shuowen

“幷，相從也。从从，幵聲。一曰从持二為幷。”


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