bìng

combine

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

并 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

bìng

  

combine

Evolution

併 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
併 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
併 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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bìng

combine, annex; to combine; to amalgamate

Most common words with 併
Freq.
Word
Meaning

and

并且

and

并不

not at all

并非

really isn't

合并

to merge