屛

  • folding screen, screen wall, partition;
  • to cover, to shield;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

尸 (시, body, house-like radical) – semantic component, indicating something that shelters or covers

幷 (병, to combine, to join) – phonetic component

Usage in Korean

屛風 (병풍) — folding screen

屛障 (병장) — barrier, protective screen

屛幕 (병막) — curtain, canopy

屛蔽 (병폐) — to conceal, to cover

屏幕 (병막) — screen (modern sense: monitor, display)

Words that derived from 屛

Additional notes

In Modern Chinese, 屏 (simplified form) is commonly used in compounds like 屏幕 (screen).

Classical usage focused on physical folding screens (병풍), used indoors for partitioning and decoration.

Related characters: 屏 (simplified), 蔽 (cover, hide).

屛
병풍
병
byeongpung
byeong
Kangxi radical:44, 尸 + 8
Strokes:11
Unicode:U+5C5B
Cangjie input:
  • 尸卜十十 (SYJJ)
Composition:
  • ⿸ 尸 幷

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

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