Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 兵

Modern (Beijing) reading: bīng

Preclassic Old Chinese: praŋ

Classic Old Chinese: praŋ

Western Han Chinese: praŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: preŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: peŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: peŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: peŋ

Middle Chinese: päiŋ

English meaning : weapons

Russian meaning[s]: 1) солдат; военный (общее понятие); 2) войска, военная сила; войсковой; 3) меч; оружие, вооружение; 4) пешка (в шахматах); 5) наносить удар оружием

Comments: Viet. also has a doublet reading bênh 'to defend'.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 12

Four-angle index: 7842

Karlgren code: 0759 a-b

Vietnamese reading: binh

Shijing occurrences: 31.1_

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