# 冫

| 冫 | U+51AB, &#20907; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51AB |
| ← 冪 [U+51AA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 冬 → [U+51AC] |
| ⼎ | U+2F0E, &#12046; KANGXI RADICAL ICE |
| ← ⼍ [U+2F0D] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼏ → [U+2F0F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

冫 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈一 (IM), four-corner 3010$_0$, composition ⿱丶㇀)
* Kangxi radical #15, ⼎.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/冫
* 丬, 次, 𪟅, 飡, 馮, 𧩏, 𩇝, 𩇟, 𣱖, 𧗠, 氺, 疒, 兆, 习, 㭍, 𫝓, 㞑, 弱, 率

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 131, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1607
* Dae Jaweon: page 294, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 295, character 1
* Unihan data for U+51AB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冫 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 冫 | *prɯŋ |
| 冰 | *pŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋ |
| 砅 | *pʰrɯŋ, *rads |
| 馮 | *brɯŋ, *bɯŋ |
| 憑 | *bɯŋ |
Radical form of 仌, in which the two blocks of ice appear compressed and stylized. Unrelated to 氵, 次, and 准.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bīng (bing$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bing$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pên
    (Hailu, HRS): ben$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bĭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bing$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bing
*** Wade–Giles: ping$^1$
*** Yale: bīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing
*** Palladius: бин (bin)
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bing$^1$
*** Yale: bīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pên
*** Hakka Romanization System: ben$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pen²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ben$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pen⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng
*** Tâi-lô: ping
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pefng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ping
Rime :
| Character | 冫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 筆陵切 |
| Baxter | ping |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /piŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /piəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.rəŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*prɯŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 冫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bīng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ping › |
| Old Chinese | /*p.rəŋ/ (dialect: *p.r- > *pr-) |
| English | ice |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 冫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 855 |
| Phonetic component | 仌 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 冫 |
| Old Chinese | /*prɯŋ/ |

### Definitions

冫
* Radical form of 仌.

#### Usage notes

* This radical is also referred as 兩點水／两点水 (liǎngdiǎnshuǐ) or 冰字旁 (bīngzìpáng).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* “ice” radical (二水, nisui)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kun: こおり (kōri, 冫)、にすい (nisui, 冫)

#### Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

## Korean
### Hanja

冫 (eumhun 얼음 빙 (eoreum bing))
Definition: pure ice/water of which 빙 derives from the modern Beijing pronunciation of 水

## Vietnamese
### Han character

冫: Hán Nôm readings: băng
* chữ Hán form of băng (“Kangxi radical 15—‘ice’”).

#### References

* Nom Foundation