屏

See also: 摒 and 屛

屏	U+5C4F, 屏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C4F

← 屎
[U+5C4E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

屐 →
[U+5C50]

Translingual

Han character

屏 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸廿廿 (STT), four-corner 7724₁, composition ⿸尸并)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 301, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7692
Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 973, character 4
Unihan data for U+5C4F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		屏
alternative forms		屛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屏
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
鵧	*bi
駢	*beːn
胼	*beːn
骿	*beːn
軿	beːn, beːŋ
賆	*beːn
跰	preŋs, beːn
恲	*pʰreŋ
鮩	breŋʔ, beːŋʔ, *biɡ
絣	*preːŋ
拼	*preːŋ
迸	*preːŋs
姘	pʰreːŋ, pʰeːŋ
皏	*pʰreːŋʔ
併	breːŋʔ, breːŋs, peŋʔ, peŋs, *beːŋʔ
并	peŋ, peŋs
栟	*peŋ
屏	peŋ, peŋʔ, *beːŋ
箳	peŋ, beːŋ
餅	*peŋʔ
鉼	*peŋʔ
摒	*peŋs
庰	*beŋs
偋	*beŋs
艵	*pʰeːŋ
頩	pʰeːŋ, pʰeːŋʔ
竮	pʰeːŋ, beːŋ
瓶	*beːŋ
缾	*beːŋ
蛢	*beːŋ
荓	*beːŋ
郱	*beːŋ
洴	*beːŋ
蓱	*beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ): semantic 尸 + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píng (ping²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bing² / pia² / piann²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pêng / pîn / péng / pēng / pín / pīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píng
  - Wade–Giles: pʻing²
  - Yale: píng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
  - Palladius: пин (pin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ping⁴
  - Yale: pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pia²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: piáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰia¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: piann²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰĩã²⁴/

Note:

bing2 - literary;
pia2/piann2 - vernacular.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn
  - Tâi-lô: pîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piin
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /pin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng
  - Tâi-lô: píng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pēng
  - Tâi-lô: pīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pín
  - Tâi-lô: pín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīn
  - Tâi-lô: pīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pin²²/

Note:

pêng - literary;
pîn - vernacular;
péng/pēng - literary;
pín/pīn - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: beng

Rime
Character	屏
Reading #	2/3
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*beːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	屏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	píng
Middle Chinese	‹ beng ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁeŋ/
English	screen; to protect
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	屏
Reading #	3/3
No.	951
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瓶
Old Chinese	/*beːŋ/

Definitions

屏

a screen wall across the gate of a house for privacy
wall
folding screen, shield
wall scroll
to protect
to shelter
(computing) screen
黑屏 ― hēipíng ― black screen

Compounds

做屏風 / 做屏风
半屏山 (Bànpíngshān)
南屏山
圍屏 / 围屏
孔雀開屏 / 孔雀开屏
屏山 (Píngshān)
屏幃 / 屏帏
屏幕 (píngmù)
屏東 / 屏东 (Píngdōng)
屏條 / 屏条
屏翰
屏翳
屏蓬
屏蔽 (píngbì)
屏藩 (píngfān)
屏襄門 / 屏襄门 (Píngxiāngmén)
屏門 / 屏门 (píngmén)
屏障 (píngzhàng)
屏風 / 屏风 (píngfēng)
屏風九疊 / 屏风九叠
屏鵝公路 / 屏鹅公路
幃屏 / 帏屏
截屏 (jiépíng)
掛屏 / 挂屏
插屏 (chāpíng)
條屏 / 条屏
熒光屏 / 荧光屏 (yíngguāngpíng)
熒屏 / 荧屏
熱屏 / 热屏
畫屏 / 画屏
發光屏 / 发光屏
網屏 / 网屏
翠屏山
耳屏
藩屏
錦屏 / 锦屏
雀屏
雀屏中目
雀屏中選 / 雀屏中选
雲屏 / 云屏

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐng (bing³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² / beng³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bing³

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bing² / beng³
  - Yale: bíng / beng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing² / beng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing² / béng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵/, /pɛːŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³²/

Middle Chinese: pjiengX

Rime
Character	屏
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	必郢切
Baxter	pjiengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piæŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/piɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/pĭɛŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*peŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屏
Reading #	2/3
No.	935
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	餅
Old Chinese	/*peŋʔ/

Definitions

屏

to abandon; to discard
alt. forms: 偋
to dismiss
to hide
to suppress
to banish

Compounds

吞聲屏氣 / 吞声屏气
屏居 (bǐngjū)
屏息 (bǐngxī)
屏息凝氣 / 屏息凝气
屏息凝視 / 屏息凝视
屏斥
屏棄 / 屏弃 (bǐngqì)
屏氣 / 屏气 (bǐngqì)
屏氣凝神 / 屏气凝神
屏氣攝息 / 屏气摄息
屏氣斂息 / 屏气敛息
屏當 / 屏当
屏絕 / 屏绝 (bǐngjué)
屏聲息氣 / 屏声息气
屏語 / 屏语
屏跡 / 屏迹 (bǐngjì)
屏退 (bǐngtuì)
屏除 (bǐngchú)
屏隱 / 屏隐
屏黜
放屏
斂聲屏氣 / 敛声屏气
杜門屏跡 / 杜门屏迹

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìng (bing⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìng
  - Wade–Giles: ping⁴
  - Yale: bìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq
  - Palladius: бин (bin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*peŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屏
Reading #	1/3
No.	932
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	并
Old Chinese	/*peŋ/

Definitions

屏

toilet

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīng (bing¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bing
  - Wade–Giles: ping¹
  - Yale: bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing
  - Palladius: бин (bin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pjieng

Rime
Character	屏
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府盈切
Baxter	pjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋ/
Li Rong	/piɛŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing¹

Definitions

屏

only used in 屏營／屏营 (bīngyíng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 屏 – see 摒 (“to expel; to cast off; to clean up; to tidy up; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 摒).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “屏”, 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

屏

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 屛)

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Readings

On (unclassified): へい (hei)、びょう (byō)
Kun: しりぞく (shirizoku, 屏く)、おおう (ōu, 屏う)

Korean

Hanja

屏 (eumhun 병풍 병 (byeongpung byeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

屏: Hán Nôm readings: bình

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