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餅

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See also: 饼 and 餠
餅 U+9905, 餅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9905
← 餄
[U+9904] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 餆 →
[U+9906]

Translingual

Han character

餅 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+6, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人戈廿廿 (OITT), four-corner 88741, composition ⿰飠并(GHTV) or ⿰𩙿并(JK))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1419, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44133
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1943, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4453, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9905

Chinese

More information trad., simp. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 餅, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (并) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peŋʔ): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs); traditional glyph form during Ming and Qing dynasty used to advocate 幷 (as in 餠) based on the influence of Shuowen.

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)ljaŋ (“plank; palm; flat surface; wing”), whence also 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ, “level, even, flat”)?”

Pronunciation

Note:
  • beng2 - vernacular;
  • bing2 - literary (rare).
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

餅

  1. flat wheaten food, such as flatbread, pancake, biscuit, and pie
    月餅／月饼  ―  yuèbǐng  ―  mooncake
    曲奇餅／曲奇饼  ―  qūqíbǐng  ―  cookie
  2. (obsolete) noodles
    湯餅／汤饼  ―  tāngbǐng  ―  noodle soup
    涼餅／凉饼  ―  liángbǐng  ―  cold noodles
  3. any flatbread-shaped object
    茶餅／茶饼  ―  chábǐng  ―  dried tea leaves pressed into the shape of a disc
    肉餅／肉饼  ―  ròubǐng  ―  meat patty
    麵餅／面饼  ―  miànbǐng  ―  disc (block) of instant noodles
  4. (Cantonese) Western-style pastry (usually cake) (Classifier: 件 c)
    Synonym: 西餅 / 西饼 (sai1 beng2)
  5. (Cantonese, figuratively) pie (the whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
    分餅仔／分饼仔 [Cantonese]  ―  fan1 beng2 zai2 [Jyutping]  ―  to have a piece of the pie
  6. (Cantonese) Classifier for flat objects, especially ones that are crumpled or tangled.
    一餅麵／一饼面 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 beng2 min6 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    呢餅帶／呢饼带 [Cantonese]  ―  ni1 beng2 daai3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  this cassette
    個去水口畀餅頭髮塞住咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    个去水口畀饼头发塞住咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    go3 heoi3 seoi2 hau2 bei2 beng2 tau4 faat3 sak1 zyu6 zo2. [Jyutping]
    The drain was jammed by a blob of hair.
  7. (Cantonese, colloquial) ten thousand dollars
  8. (Cantonese, fitness) 20 kilograms of weight
  9. (Eastern Min) Classifier for pastry or flat objects.
  10. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    三餅金／三饼金  ―  sān bǐng jīn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 餅 – see 鉼 (“gold disc; a kind of pot; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 鉼).

Descendants

  • → Khmer: បាញ់ (bañ, “cake, pastry”)
  • → Lao: ແປ້ງ (pǣng, “flour; starch; powder”)
  • → Thai: แป้ง (bpɛ̂ɛng, “powder; flour; starch”)
  • → Vietnamese: bánh (“pastry; cake; bread”), bánh pía (“Suzhou-style mooncake”)
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