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CHINESE CHARACTER

bǐng

饼

饼

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cake

Numbered pinyin
bing3
English meanings
round flat cake, dumpling, pancake, tortilla, goody, cake, sth. shaped like a cake, a round flat cake

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 饣; right 并.

  • Left

    饣
  • Right

    并
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Meaning & sound clues

饣 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “food”.

并 is identified as the sound component (bìng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 饼.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰饣并

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    yī一zhāng张bǐng饼。

    A flatcake.

  2. 02

    chī吃bǐng饼。

    Eat the pancake.

  3. 03

    lào烙bǐng饼。

    Bake a flatcake.

  4. 04

    xiàn馅bǐng饼。

    A pie.

  5. 05

    bǐng饼hěn很xiāng香。

    A fragrant pancake.

  6. 06

    zuò做bǐng饼。

    Make a pancake.

Explore words connected to this character.

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