炳
bright; brilliant; luminous
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,188 U+70B3
How 炳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 丙 (phonetic, bǐng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丙 (bǐng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丙 sound component | bǐng | third; 3rd heavenly stem |
| 病 | bìng | sickness, illness, disease |
| 柄 | bǐng | handle, lever, knob; authority |
| 邴 | bǐng | an ancient city; pleased, happy; surname |
Words containing 炳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炳文 | bǐng wén | luminous style |
| 彪炳千古 | biāo bǐng qiān gǔ | to shine through the ages (idiom) |
| 炳然 | bǐng rán | to be manifest for everyone to see |
| 章炳麟 | Zhāng Bǐng lín | Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual … |
| 炳著 | bǐng zhù | eminent; renowned |
| 炳烛 | bǐng zhú | by bright candlelight |
| 炳耀 | bǐng yào | bright and luminous |
| 彪炳 | biāo bǐng | (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc… |
| 炳蔚 | bǐng wèi | splendid (of writing style) |
| 炳焕 | bǐng huàn | bright and brilliant |