秉

秉 U+79C9, 秉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79C9
← 秈
[U+79C8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 秊 →
[U+79CA]

Translingual

Han character

秉 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木中 (HDL) or 難竹木中 (XHDL), four-corner 20907, composition ⿱丿𣏃 or ⿻禾⺕)

Derived characters
  • 𠶏, 㨀, 𣶸, 棅, 𤊔, 𤦋, 𥪕, 𨧺, 𥡝, 𦱮

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 849, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24932
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1272, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2592, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+79C9

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 秉

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 秉
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (秉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
秉 *praŋʔ
棅 *praŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 禾 (“plant”) + 又 (“hand”) — a hand holding a plant by the stalk. Compare: 兼, a hand holding two plants.

Etymology

Cognate with 柄 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs, “a handle”), which is exopassive of 秉 (OC *praŋʔ, “to grasp”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 秉
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		 /pˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /piajŋX/
Li
Rong		 /piɐŋX/
Wang
Li		 /pĭɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pi̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 bing2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 秉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bǐng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjængX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*praŋʔ/
English grasp

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 秉
Reading # 1/1
No. 899
Phonetic
component		 秉
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 丙
Old
Chinese		 /*praŋʔ/

Definitions

秉

  1. a handful of crops
  2. to grasp; to hold
  3. to preside over
  4. to persist in; to persevere

Compounds
  • 一秉至公
  • 伊秉綬／伊秉绶
  • 內秉堅孤／内秉坚孤
  • 公秉
  • 披秉
  • 當風秉燭／当风秉烛
  • 秉公 (bǐnggōng)
  • 秉公無私／秉公无私
  • 秉國／秉国 (bǐngguó)
  • 秉彝
  • 秉心
  • 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
  • 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
  • 秉持 (bǐngchí)
  • 秉文
  • 秉正 (bǐngzhèng)
  • 秉燭／秉烛 (bǐngzhú)
  • 秉燭夜遊／秉烛夜游
  • 秉燭達旦／秉烛达旦
  • 秉笏披袍
  • 秉筆／秉笔 (bǐngbǐ)
  • 秉筆直書／秉笔直书 (bǐngbǐzhíshū)
  • 秉臺衡／秉台衡
  • 秉要執本／秉要执本
  • 秉賦／秉赋 (bǐngfù)
  • 秉鈞／秉钧
  • 秉鉞／秉钺
  • 秉鐸／秉铎
  • 風中秉燭／风中秉烛

Japanese

Kanji
秉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. take
  2. cherish
  3. sheaf
  4. unit of volume (10 koku; 1,800 l)

Readings
  • Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
  • Kan-on: へい (hei)
  • Kun: とる (toru)

Korean

Hanja

秉 (eum 병 (byeong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

秉: Hán Nôm readings: bỉnh, bảnh

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