Character: 屏
Modern (Beijing) reading: píng
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhēŋ
Classic Old Chinese: bhēŋ
Western Han Chinese: bhēŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: bhiēŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhiēŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhiēŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhiēŋ
Middle Chinese: bieŋ
English meaning : a protecting wall, screening wall, screen, protection
Russian meaning[s]: 1) прикрывать; защищать; 2) экран, защитная стенка; ширма; 3) небольшое полотнище с надписью (рисунком); [bǐng] 1) вымести, отбросить, убрать; 2) уйти на покой
Comments: See RDFS 71 (for *bh- cf. Chao. phiŋ2). The character is also read as bǐng, MC pjéŋ, pjèŋ, OC *peŋʔ, *peŋʔ-s 'to put away, remove' - which is most probably a different root, related to 并 *peŋ 'put together, combine' and 並 *bēŋʔ 'side by side'.
Radical: 44
Four-angle index: 2403
Karlgren code: 0824 f
