# 萍

| 萍 | U+840D, &#33805; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840D |
| ← 萌 [U+840C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 萎 → [U+840E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

萍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿水一十 (TEMJ), four-corner 4414$_9$, composition ⿱艹泙)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31266
* Dae Jaweon: page 1500, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3239, character 10
* Unihan data for U+840D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 平 | *ben, *beŋ |
| 怦 | *pʰreːŋ |
| 砰 | *pʰreːŋ |
| 抨 | *pʰreːŋ |
| 閛 | *pʰreːŋ |
| 伻 | *pʰreːŋ |
| 評 | *beŋ, *beŋs |
| 坪 | *beŋ |
| 苹 | *beŋ |
| 枰 | *beŋ, *beŋs |
| 泙 | *beŋ |
| 蚲 | *beŋ |
| 胓 | *beŋ |
| 匉 | *pʰreːŋ |
| 萍 | *beːŋ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): píng (ping$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ping$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bing$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phêng / pêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: píng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: píng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻing$^2$
*** Yale: píng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
*** Palladius: пин (pin)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ping$^4$
*** Yale: pìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ping$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ping$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɪŋ²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bing$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
*** Tâi-lô: phîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
*** Tâi-lô: pîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰeŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bin
*** MiniDict: bin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bin
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²³/
* Middle Chinese: beng
Rime :
| Character | 萍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 薄經切 |
| Baxter | beng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /beŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /beŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /beŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /bieŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | píng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ping$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*beːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 萍 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9830 |
| Phonetic component | 平 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瓶 |
| Old Chinese | /*beːŋ/ |

### Definitions

萍
* duckweed (often a symbol of floating existence)
* to wander; to travel around

#### Compounds

* 一萍
* 人生如萍
* 斷梗流萍／断梗流萍
* 斷梗浮萍／断梗浮萍
* 斷梗飄萍／断梗飘萍
* 枯萍
* 梗泛萍漂
* 梗跡萍蹤／梗迹萍踪
* 楚昭萍實／楚昭萍实
* 楚江萍
* 楚王萍
* 楚萍
* 江萍
* 泛萍
* 流萍
* 浮萍 (fúpíng)
* 浮萍大海
* 浮萍斷梗／浮萍断梗
* 浮萍浪梗
* 浪跡萍蹤／浪迹萍踪
* 漂萍
* 白萍
* 穀雨萍／谷雨萍
* 綠萍／绿萍
* 萍劍／萍剑
* 萍合
* 萍寄
* 萍寓
* 萍實／萍实
* 萍梗
* 萍氏
* 萍水
* 萍水相交
* 萍水相逢 (píngshuǐxiāngféng)
* 萍水相遇
* 萍水相遭
* 萍泛
* 萍泊
* 萍流
* 萍浮
* 萍漂
* 萍聚
* 萍蓬
* 萍藻
* 萍虀
* 萍跡／萍迹
* 萍蹤／萍踪 (píngzōng)
* 萍蹟／萍迹
* 萍蹤不定／萍踪不定
* 萍蹤梗跡／萍踪梗迹
* 萍蹤浪影／萍踪浪影
* 萍蹤浪跡／萍踪浪迹
* 萍蹤浪蹟／萍踪浪迹
* 萍蹤靡定／萍踪靡定
* 萍身
* 萍鄉／萍乡 (Píngxiāng)
* 萍鄉煤礦／萍乡煤矿
* 萍飄／萍飘
* 萍飄蓬轉／萍飘蓬转
* 赤萍 (chìpíng)
* 轉萍／转萍
* 雲萍／云萍
* 雲萍錄／云萍录
* 青萍
* 韭萍
* 風萍浪跡／风萍浪迹
* 風萍浪蹟／风萍浪迹
* 飄萍／飘萍
* 飄萍斷梗／飘萍断梗
* 飄萍浪蹟／飘萍浪迹
* 食萍
* 鷗波萍跡／鸥波萍迹
* 麗萍／丽萍

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phiô
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pio$^5$ / piê$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiô
*** Tâi-lô: phiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phiooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰio²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰio²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰio¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰio²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɤ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pio$^5$ / piê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiô / phiê
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰio⁵⁵/, /pʰie⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

萍
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 薸 (“duckweed”)

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萍”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 178.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: びょう (byō)
* Kan-on: へい (hei)
* Kun: うきくさ (ukikusa)、よもぎ (yomogi)

## Korean
### Hanja

萍 (eumhun 개구리밥 평 (gaeguribap pyeong))
* hanja form of 평 (“duckweed”)

### Compounds

* 부평초(浮萍草) (bupyeongcho, “duckweed”)
* 부평전봉(浮萍轉蓬) (bupyeongjeonbong, “wandering about aimlessly”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

萍: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bềnh, phềnh, phình
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