píng, bīng, bǐng
folding screen
Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 并 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 屏
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
screen (TV, computer or movie) | ||
to get rid of | ||
to screen | ||
barrier | ||
display screen |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤeŋ | beng | píng | screen; to protect |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 10.2355% of movies
2016th most common character in movies
1891st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+5C4F |
Shuowen | “屏,敝也。从尸,并聲。” |
Sources
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