Zi:并
并 [bìng] (F併) combine, merge; (F並) and; equally; truly; (HDZ:) cf. 幷 [bīng] 并州 [bǐng] (HDC:) 屏弃, 屏退, 抑制 [bàn] (F並) [bàng] (F並) (HDC)
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The simple-form character 并 bìng, and the full-form character 並 bìng, formerly distinguished as below, are today uniformly wr. 并 among simple form characters; both forms 并/並 are said to derive from old graphs depicting two people standing side-by-side, though the old pronunciations and usages were sometimes rather different (see below); the full-form character 併 is also wr. 并 among simple form characters (cf. 併).
The simple-form character 并 is an abbrev. of the old form 𢆙, replacing the old top component 𠚪/从 (人 ‘person’ doubled) with 丷 two dots, and the lower part 幵 with a shape like 开 below.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 并(𢆙幷) bìng ‘combine/together’ combines 从 cóng ‘follow’, and 开/幵 jiān/qiān ‘level/balanced’ (phonosemantic); elevated to the same level/height; cf. 幵.
The full-form character 並 is an abbrev. of the old form 竝, doubling 立 (a 大 ‘big man’ standing on a line 一 representing the earth/ground).
The Shuōwén Seal form of 並(𠀤竝) bìng ‘side-by-side’ (併) doubles 立 lì ‘standing man’: 夶(比 bì/bǐ) two men standing together, side-by-side on 一 common ground, with equal/shared footing; later wr. 併(倂).
Note: In SW 並(𠀤竝) is glossed 併(倂), which was formerly wr. 并(𢆙幷); 並 bìng ‘side-by-side’ was later wr. 傡/𠊧/併; modern readings have merged, MC readings were distinct (see below).
Compare: 并(𢆙幷) bìng ← MC /piaŋ/piaŋs/; 並(𠀤竝) bìng ← MC /biŋʔ/; 併(倂) bìng ← MC /biŋʔ/piaŋs/ (SBGY).
Note: Today, PRC sources such as 《汉字正字手册》 say that 并/並 are to be regarded as a single character, uniformly wr. 并; when the two forms 并/並 are distinguished, the verb ‘combine’ is wr. 并 or with its more complex variant 併(倂), while the adverb/conjunction ‘together’ is wr. 並, as are most of the common compound words.
Note: In HDC the character 并 bìng is used for verbal 併 ‘combine, merge, gather together’ (合并, 聚合) and verbal/adverbial 併/並 ‘merge/together’ (兼并, 并吞 ‘annex territory’); 并且 ‘adv./conj.’; 并 bìng is also used for 屏 píng as in 屏藩 ‘buffer’ (annexed territorial buffer); another old verbal reading is 并 bǐng (cf. 屏弃, 屏退, 抑制; 屏, 摒, 拼, 𢪴/拚) ‘discard/abandon/retire/check’; cf. 并 bīng, in 并州 (old place name) (SBGY).
HDZ: 并 : cf. 幷
►references: Guǎngyùn:192.33,431.19; Wieger:115b,60L; Karlgren:AD741,742,GSR824b; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.242.6; Mathews:5292; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:034.1.02; Wáng(1993):165; EDOC:1
►components: 丷开幵干
►Cantonese: bing\ bing-
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