Hanja Analyzer
炳

炳 — byeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
불꽃 병
Romanization
byeong
English
bright, luminous; glorious
Mandarin
bǐng
Japanese on'yomi
ヘイ, ホウ, ハウ, ヒョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あきらか
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
9
Radical
火 (86, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
丙(병)
Unicode
U+70B3

Parts that make up 炳

  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다
  • 丙 남녘 병sound 어깨 또는 물고기 꼬리 또는 받침대셋째 천간. ‘병’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 炳

  • 병영炳映 Korean gloss: 번쩍번쩍 빛남.
  • 병요炳燿 Korean gloss: 빛나고 번쩍임.
  • 병환炳煥 Korean gloss: 밝고 빛이 남.
  • 병언炳焉 Korean gloss: 환하고 명확한 모양.
  • 병표炳彪 Korean gloss: 고양잇과의 포유류. 몸의 길이는 2미터 정도이며, 등은 누런 갈색이고 검은 가로무늬가 있으며 배는 흰색이다. 꼬리는 길고 검은
  • 병연하다炳然 Korean gloss: 환하게 밝다.
  • 병욱하다炳煜 Korean gloss: 밝게 빛나다.
  • 병여일성炳如日星 Korean gloss: 해와 별처럼 밝고 빛남.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 炳

  • 炳へい bright; shining; clear
  • 炳乎へいこ bright; shining; clear
  • 炳然へいぜん bright; shining; clear
  • 炳としてへいとして clearly; evidently; obviously

Characters sharing the phonetic 丙

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “병” in Korean.

Other hanja read “병”

Other hanja with radical 火

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