丙
Meanings
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- 1.third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
- 2.third in order
- 3.letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- 4.ancient Chinese compass point: 165°
- 5.propyl
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- 1.the third of the ten heavenly stems
- 2.third; C
- 3.prop- (denoting the presence of three carbon atoms)
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
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 (“couplet, bivalve”) referring to an asterism.
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Stroke order
Components
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