Stroke order
兵 Kangxi radical 12,八 +5, 7 strokes,cangjie input 人一金 (OMC ),four-corner 72801 ,composition ⿱丘 八 )
乒 , 乓 , 㑟 , 㙃 , 娦 , 捠 , 浜 , 梹 , 鋲 , 宾 , 鬂 Additional Derived Characters
𠴇 , 𭜾 , 𱢄 , 𪻤 , 𦛼 , 𮝶 , 𮀠 , 𰴀 , 𮇡 , 𮔐 , 𠔦 , 𲇿 , 𮫽 , 𰷒 𨛪 , 𰁃 , 𠓫 , 𠡥 , 𮱫 , 𮏊 , 𭼑 , 𧇀 , 𨴴 , 𡇥 , 𦷇 , 𮆔 Kangxi Dictionary:page 127 , character 10 Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1462 Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 244, character 4 Unihan data for U+5175 Historical forms of the character兵 Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi Han )Liushutong (compiled inMing )Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts b03381
b03382
b03383
b03384
b03385
b03386
Transcribed ancient scripts
L33068
L33069
L33070
L33071
L33072
L33073
L10409
L10410
L10411
L10412
L10413
References :
Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation ),
Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),Liushutong (Liushutong characters) andYinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Old Chinese 浜 *praːŋ, *praːŋʔ 捠 *praːŋ 兵 *praŋ
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 斤 ( “ a short axe ” ) + 廾 ( “ 2 hands ” ) – a pair of hands holding a weapon. Unrelated to丘 .
Mandarin (Standard (Pinyin :bīng (bing1 )(Zhuyin :ㄅㄧㄥ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin :bin1 (Xi'an ,Guanzhong Pinyin :bǐng (Nanjing ,Nanjing Pinyin :bìn (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary :бин (bin, I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping :bing1 (Dongguan ,Jyutping++ :beang1 (Taishan ,Wiktionary :ben1 Gan (Wiktionary :bin1 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS :pîn (Hailu ,HRS :binˋ (Meixian ,Guangdong :bin1 Jin (Wiktionary :bing1 Northern Min (KCR :béng Eastern Min (BUC :bĭng Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing bing1 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ :peng /piaⁿ (Teochew ,Peng'im :bian1 (Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin :bing1 / bia1 Southern Pinghua (Nanning ,Jyutping++ :biang1 Wu (Wugniu Xiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary :bin1 (Loudi ,Wiktionary :bin1 (Hengyang ,Wiktionary :bin1 Mandarin Cantonese Gan Hakka Jin Northern Min Eastern Min Puxian Min Southern Min (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou Jinjiang Nan'an Hui'an Zhangpu GeneralTaiwanese ,Philippines (Hokkien Xiamen Quanzhou Zhangzhou GeneralTaiwanese ) Note :
peng - literary (generally used); piaⁿ - vernacular (limited, e.g.兵部 Note :
bing1 - literary; bia1 - vernacular. Southern Pinghua Wu (Northern Shanghai Jiading Songjiang Chongming Suzhou Changzhou Jiaxing Hangzhou Shaoxing Ningbo Zhoushan (Jinhua Xiang Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 兵 Reading # 1/1 Modern bīng Middle ‹ pjæng › Old /*praŋ/ English weapon Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 兵 Reading # 1/1 No. 865 Phonetic 兵 Rime 陽 Rime 0 Corresponding 兵 Old /*praŋ/
兵
weapon army ;troops 幽王舉 烽火 徵 兵 ，兵 莫 至 。 [Classical Chinese ,trad. 幽王举 烽火 征 兵 ，兵 莫 至 。 [Classical Chinese ,simp. From: TheRecords of the Grand Historian Sima Qian ,c. BCE Yōu Wáng jǔ fēnghuǒ zhēngbīng ,bīng mò zhì. [Pinyin] King You lit the signal beacons to summonthe troops , but none arrived.欲 強 兵 者 ，務 富 其 民 。[Classical Chinese ,trad. 欲 强 兵 者 ，务 富 其 民 。[Classical Chinese ,simp. From: Zhanguo Ce th – 3rd centuriesBCE Yù qiángbīng zhě, wù fù qí mín. [Pinyin] To empowerthe armies , one must first enrich the civilians. soldier ;warrior (Classifier :個 ／ 个 士兵 shìbīng warfare ( xiangqi ) pawn ;private ;soldier :🩦 (on the red side)( chess ) pawn ( Cantonese ) short for觀音兵 / 观音兵 ( guānyīnbīng ) (Chinese chess pieces )帥 / 帅 ( shuài ) /將 / 将 ( jiàng ) ,仕 ( shì ) /士 ( shì ) ,相 象 ( xiàng ) ,俥 / 伡 車 / 车 ( jū ) ,傌 / 㐷 馬 / 马 ( mǎ ) ,炮 砲 / 炮 兵 ( bīng ) /卒 ( zú ) 兵
( Philippine Hokkien ) police Dialectal synonyms of
警察 (“police; police officer”)
[map] Variety Location Words Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 警察 警官 警員 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 警察 雷子 argot Taiwan 警察 Chifeng 警察 Hulunbuir(Hailar) 警察 Harbin 警察 Shenyang 警察 Malaysia 警察 馬打 Singapore 警察 馬打 dated Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 警察 Tangshan 警察 Cangzhou 民警 Baoding 警察 Shijiazhuang 警察 Jinan 警察 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 警察 Qingdao 警察 Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 警察 Wanrong 警察 Zhengzhou 警察 Xi'an 警察 Xining 警察 Xuzhou 警察 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 警察 Lanzhou 警察 Ürümqi 警察 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 警察 Chongqing 警察 Wuhan 警察 Guiyang 警察 警士 dated 警士先生 dated face-to-face 貓菜 dated nickname Kunming 警察 Guilin 警察 Liuzhou 警察 警伯 playful Binyang(Nanjie) 警察 走狗 argot Xiangtan(Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 警察 Dagudi(Maliba) 警察 Reshuitang(Longling) 警察 Mae Salong(Lancang) 警察 Mae Sai(Tengchong) 警察 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 警察 Yangzhou 警察 Nantong 警察 Hefei 警察 Cantonese Guangzhou 警察 差人 差佬 male 老二 dated Hong Kong 警察 差人 阿Sir male madam female 差佬 male, slightly derogatory 差婆 female, slightly derogatory 警犬 derogatory 狗 derogatory 龜 derogatory 老更 dated Taishan 警察 Dongguan 阿Sir 差佬 Qinzhou 警察 差佬 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 警察 公安 Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 警察 公安 差佬 Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) 警察 Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) 馬打 Singapore(Guangfu) 馬打 Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) 公安 綠衣 警察 Móng Cái 警察 公安 Gan Lichuan 警察 Hakka Meixian 警察 Yudu 警察 Miaoli(N. Sixian) 警察 Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 警察 Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 警察 Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 巡查 警察 Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 警察 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 巡查 Huizhou Jixi 警察 Shexian 警察 Jin Taiyuan 警察 Xinzhou 警察 小對子 dated Linhe 警察 Jining 警察 Hohhot 警察 Zhangjiakou 警察 Handan 警察 Eastern Min Fuzhou 警察 Fuqing 警察 Matsu 警察 Southern Min Xiamen 警察 馬打 dated 烏跤 dated, derogatory Quanzhou 警察 Zhangzhou 警察 烏跤 dated, derogatory Taipei 大人 Kaohsiung 警察 Yilan 警察 Changhua(Lukang) 警察 Taichung 巡查 Taichung(Wuqi) 警察 Tainan 大人 賊頭 GT, derogatory Hsinchu 警察 Kinmen 馬打 Penghu(Magong) 大人 Penang(Hokkien) 馬打 Singapore(Hokkien) 馬打 大狗 Manila(Hokkien) 兵 警察 臭兵 derogatory Guilin(Biyange) 警察 Chaozhou 警察 Shantou 警察 Johor Bahru(Teochew) 馬打 Singapore(Teochew) 馬打 大狗 大狗兄 Batam(Teochew) 馬打 Haikou 警察 Central Min Nanping(Wangtai, Yanping) 警察 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 警察, 差佬 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 警察 Wu Shanghai 警察 黑貓警長 黑貓 老貓 Shanghai(Chongming) 警察 Suzhou 警察 Danyang 警察 Ningbo 警察 警察爛眼 derogatory Wenzhou 警察 Jinhua 警察 Xiang Changsha 警察 Loudi 警察 Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
兵
( Hokkien , folk religion) malicious spirit 兵
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
For pronunciation and definitions of兵 – see the following entry. (This term,兵
FromMiddle Chinese 兵 MC kan'on , so a later borrowing.
兵( へい ) • (hei
asoldier a war machine; aweapon abattle , awar in the old Japanese military structure, the lowest set of ranks for asoldier : aprivate ,corporal ,lance corporal FromMiddle Chinese 兵 MC goon , so an earlier borrowing.
兵( ひょう ) • (hyō
soldier another name for歩( ふ ) ( fu ) inshogi (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
兵 (eumhun 군사 병 ( gunsa byeong ) )
hanja form? 병 ( “ soldier ” ) 兵 :Hán Việt binh 補 ( bổ ) 明 ( minh ) 切 ( thiết ) [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] 兵 :Nôm binh [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] banh [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] bênh [ 1] [ 3] [ 7] [ 5] bưng [ 1] bành [ 1]
chữ Hán binh ( “ military troops ” ) 
