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並
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并
🇨🇳

to combine

HSK 10 N2
Communication →Language
bìng
ヘイ、ホウ
な.み、なみ、なら.べる、なら.ぶ、なら.びに
병
Depits two people standing (立) side by side.
Components
Traditional (並)
立 standing up+ 立 standing up =
並 to combine
立 Iconic component
lì standing up
stand
立 Iconic component
lì standing up
stand
Simplified (并)
丷 “ears-out” component used+ 开 initiate =
并 combine
丷
“ears-out” component used
开
initiate
Notes
Similar Characters
位 position垃 garbage拉 pull昱 bright泣 weep砬 big stone笠 bamboo hat粒 grain翊 assist颯 the sound of the wind (trad)飒 the sound of the wind (simp)竖 vertical (simp)竘 站 station竣 terminate竭 use up端 upright靖 pacify
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Seal Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Seal
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
並
Regular
Modern
Chinese
并 / 並 [bìng]
and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge
Japanese
並 、 並み なみ 同音
  1. adj-nonoun average; medium; common; ordinary
  2. nounadj-no mid-grade (item); regular grade
  3. n-suf same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with
  4. n-suf each (e.g. month); every
  5. n-suf row of (teeth, houses, etc.); line of
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
これは並の能力ではない。
This isn't any ordinary ability.
世間一般のホテルなみにいえば良い昼食会だった。
It was a good luncheon, as hotels go.
Japanese Names
並 なみ
Nami surname
並 なみさき
Namisaki surname
並 ならぶ
Narabu female given name
並 ふくさわ
Fukusawa unclassified name
並 ふくざわ
Fukuzawa unclassified name
並 ふくぞう
Fukuzou unclassified name
並 ふくむら
Fukumura unclassified name
並 ふくよ
Fukuyo unclassified name
並 みねさわ
Minesawa unclassified name
並 みねざわ
Minezawa unclassified name
並 みねむら
Minemura unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (50)
并且 [bìng​qiě] #722
and
并不 [bìng​bù] #11,639
not at all
并非 [bìng​fēi] #2,388
really isn't
并肩 [bìng​jiān] #9,386
alongside
并列 [bìng​liè] #27,860
to stand side by side
并存 [bìng​cún] #26,601
to exist at the same time
一并 [yī​bìng] #23,466
variant of 一併|一并, to lump together
相提并论 [xiāng​tí​bìng​lùn] #13,358
to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms
并重 [bìng​zhòng] #37,143
to lay equal stress on
并行 [bìng​xíng] #32,839
to proceed in parallel
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JAPANESE WORDS (140)
⭐ 並ぶ [ならぶ] #805
to line up
⭐ 並べる [ならべる] #1,901
to line up
⭐ 並 [なみ] #6,100
average
立ち並ぶ [たちならぶ] #10,036
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street)
⭐ 町並み [まちなみ] #10,251
townscape
⭐ 山脈 [さんみゃく] #10,415
mountain range
肩を並べる [かたをならべる] #12,255
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder
毛並み [けなみ] #13,980
coat (of hair or fur)
⭐ 並行 [へいこう] #14,416
going side-by-side
⭐ 人並み [ひとなみ] #14,697
ordinary
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