丙

丙 U+4E19, 丙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E19 ← 丘 [U+4E18] CJK Unified Ideographs 业 → [U+4E1A]

Stroke order

丙 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一人月 (MOB), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱一内 or ⿱一內)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №515

• 㑂, 𠰳, 𪣃, 𡛦, 怲, 抦, 𬇞, 陃, 昞, 𣍪, 柄, 炳, 眪, 䋑, 𱥞, 蛃, 鈵, 鞆, 𮩺, 𠛥, 邴, 昺, 氞, 苪, 𢨿, 病, 窉, 䇤, 㪅, 㶮, 㔷
• 𰀒, 𰀕

Wikisource

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35
• Dae Jaweon: page 156, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 16, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E19

simp. and trad.		丙

Various theories:

• Pictogram (象形) – shoulders (Shuowen).
• Pictogram (象形) – the tail of a fish (Erya). See also 再.
• Pictogram (象形) - part of a chariot, as seen in the original form of 更.
• Pictogram (象形) – pedestal.
• Pictogram (象形) – small table.
• Original form of 柄 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs).

Whatever its original sense may be, it has been lost and replaced by its early use as a heavenly stem. See also the original version of 更 (< 㪅).

Baxter and Sagart (2014) note the phonological relationship between 丙 (OC *praŋʔ) and 兩 (OC *p.raŋʔ, “a pair”); how these two are graphically related is noted in Baxter (1992). Smith (2011) suggests that these two words are not only phonologically similar but also etymologically related, with 丙, meaning "couplet" or "bivalve", referring to an asterism.

丙

1. the third of the ten heavenly stems
2. third; C
3. (organic chemistry) prop- (denoting the presence of three carbon atoms)
4. a surname

• (Chinese heavenly stems) 天干 (tiāngān); 甲 (jiǎ), 乙 (yǐ), 丙 (bǐng), 丁 (dīng), 戊 (wù), 己 (jǐ), 庚 (gēng), 辛 (xīn), 壬 (rén), 癸 (guǐ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese heavenly stems)}

• → Zhuang: bingj

For pronunciation and definitions of 丙 – see 抦 (“to beat”). (This character is a variant form of 抦).

• “Entry #1304”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. the third of the ten heavenly stems
2. third in rank

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: へい (hei, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひのえ (hinoe, 丙)

Kanji in this term
丙
へい Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 丙 (pjæng^X).

• (Tokyo) へー [héꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ː]

丙(へい) • (hei) 

1. the third of the ten heavenly stems; something of the third rank

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

Kanji in this term
丙
ひのえ Grade: S
kun'yomi

火 (Hi, “Fire”, one of the Five Elements) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 兄 (e, “elder brother”)

• (Tokyo) ひのえ [hìnóé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çino̞e̞]

丙(ひのえ) • (hinoe) 

1. the third of the ten heavenly stems

   Hypernyms: 天干 (tenkan), 十干 (jikkan)

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

丙 (eumhun 셋째 천간 병 (setjjae cheon'gan byeong))

1. hanja form^? of 병 (“third heavenly stem”)
2. hanja form^? of 병 (“third”)

丙 (eumhun 남녘 병 (namnyeok byeong))

1. hanja form^? of 병 (“south, southern”)

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丙

丙 (bưởng, pẻng)

1. Nôm form of bưởng (“side; piece”).

   妸分花丙吏

   A făn hoa bưởng dại

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. Nôm form of pẻng (“ten tael”).

   八昌賞丙双

   Bảt xáng thưởng pẻng soong

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

丙: Hán Việt readings: bính
丙: Nôm readings: biếng, bính

1. chữ Hán form of Bính (“third of the ten heavenly stems”).

   Hypernyms: 天干, 十干

   Coordinate terms: 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸

• Nom Foundation
• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999