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Historical forms of the character 丙
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Oracle bone script j30094 j30095 j30096 j30097 j30098 j30099 j30100 j30101 j30102 j30103 j30104 j30105 j30106 j30107 j30108 j30109 j30110 j30111 j30112 j30113 j30114 j30115 j30116 j30117 j30118 j30119 j30120 j30121 j30122 j30123 j30124 j30125 Bronze inscriptions b20266 b20267 b20268 b20269 b20270 b20271 b20272 b20273 b20274 b20275 b20276 b20277 b20278 b20279 b20280 b20281 b20282 b20283 b20284 b20285 b20286 b20287 b20288 b20289 b20290 b20291 Small seal script s10945 Transcribed ancient scripts L35138 L35139 L35140 L17697 L17698 L17699 L17700 L17701 L17702 L17703 L17704 L17705 L17706 L17707 L17708 L17709
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

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	Old Chinese
更	kraːŋ, kraːŋs
粳	*kraːŋ
埂	kraːŋ, kraːŋʔ
浭	*kraːŋ
稉	*kraːŋ
梗	*kraːŋʔ
哽	*kraːŋʔ
綆	*kraːŋʔ
鯁	*kraːŋʔ
挭	*kraːŋʔ
骾	*kraːŋʔ
郠	*kraːŋʔ
硬	ŋɡraːŋs, ŋɡraːŋs
鞕	*ŋɡraːŋs
丙	*pqraŋʔ
炳	*praŋʔ
邴	praŋʔ, praŋs
怲	praŋʔ, praŋs
苪	*praŋʔ
蛃	*praŋʔ
昺	*praŋʔ
昞	*praŋʔ
窉	*praŋʔ
柄	praŋʔ, praŋs
鈵	*praŋs
寎	*praŋs
病	*braŋs

Various theories:

Pictogram (象形) – shoulders (Shuowen).
Pictogram (象形) – the tail of a fish (Erya). See also 再.
Pictogram (象形) - part of a chariot, as seen in the original form of 更.
Pictogram (象形) – pedestal.
Pictogram (象形) – small table.
Original form of 柄 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs).

Whatever its original sense may be, it has been lost and replaced by its early use as a heavenly stem. See also the original version of 更 (< 㪅).

Etymology 1

Baxter and Sagart (2014) note the phonological relationship between 丙 (OC *praŋʔ) and 兩 (OC *p.raŋʔ, “a pair”); how these two are graphically related is noted in Baxter (1992). Smith (2011) suggests that these two words are not only phonologically similar but also etymologically related, with 丙 (“couplet, bivalve”) referring to an asterism.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bin³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bing²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ben²
Gan (Wiktionary): bin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): piáng

(Hailu, HRS): biang^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): biang³
Jin (Wiktionary): bing²
Northern Min (KCR): běng
Eastern Min (BUC): bīng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bia³ / biann³ / bing³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piáⁿ / péng

(Teochew, Peng'im): bian²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pin
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ping³
  - Yale: bǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biing
  - Palladius: бин (bin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bin³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bing²
  - Yale: bíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ben²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pen⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piáng
  - Hakka Romanization System: biang^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: biang³
  - Sinological IPA: /pi̯aŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: biang^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /piaŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: biang³
  - Sinological IPA: /piaŋ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bing²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /piŋ⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: běng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bia³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: biâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pia⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: biann³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pĩã³³²/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³²/

Note:

bia3/biann3 - vernacular;
bing3 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáⁿ / péng
  - Tâi-lô: piánn / píng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pviar, peang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piã⁵³/, /piɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piã⁵⁵⁴/, /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piã⁵³/, /piɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piã⁵³/, /piɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piã⁴¹/, /piɪŋ⁴¹/

Note:

piáⁿ - vernacular;
péng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bian²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pĩã⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pin
  - MiniDict: pin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pin³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: pjaengX

More information Rime, Character ...

Rime
Character	丙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵永切
Baxter	pjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiæŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiaŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piaŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/piɐŋ^X/
Wang Li	/pĭɐŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɐŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*praŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*pqraŋʔ/

More information Character, Reading # ...

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丙
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjæng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*praŋʔ/
English	3d heavenly stem
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.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丙
Reading #	1/1
No.	883
Phonetic component	丙
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	丙
Old Chinese	/*pqraŋʔ/
Notes	甲文象二石相對並，與竝同源，後轉註爲兩。又史諱通景

Definitions

丙

the third of the ten heavenly stems
third; C
(organic chemistry) prop- (denoting the presence of three carbon atoms)
a surname

Coordinate terms

(Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁 (dīng), 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)}

Compounds

丙丁 (bǐngdīng)
丙二醇 (bǐng'èrchún)
丙吉問牛 / 丙吉问牛
丙型肝炎 (bǐngxíng gānyán)
丙夜 (bǐngyè)
丙字法
丙烷 (bǐngwán)
丙烯 (bǐngxī)
丙等特考
丙綸 / 丙纶 (bǐnglún)
丙肝 (bǐnggān)
丙舍
丙部
丙酮 (bǐngtóng)
丙酸 (bǐngsuān)
丙醛 (bǐngquán)
丙馭吐茵 / 丙驭吐茵
丙魏
付丙 (fùbǐng)
付丙丁 (fùbǐngdīng)
聚丙烯 (jùbǐngxī)

Descendants

→ Zhuang: bingj

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丙 – see 抦 (“to beat”). (This character is a variant form of 抦).

References

“丙”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 丙

丙

(Jōyō kanji)

the third of the ten heavenly stems
third in rank

Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}
Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
Kun: ひのえ (hinoe, 丙)