炳 (bǐng): bright; brilliant; luminous

Meanings

1 bright; brilliant; luminous

Characters

炳

bǐng

bright; brilliant

Examples

他的功绩彪炳千秋。

Tā de gōngjì biāobǐng qiānqiū.

His achievements are brilliant and will shine through the ages.

这个字常用作人名，取光明之意。

Zhège zì cháng yòng zuò rénmíng, qǔ guāngmíng zhī yì.

This name appears often in old texts; many people are named with the bright character.

Tips

usage

炳 means shining and brilliant. It is most alive in 彪炳 (illustrious, as in 彪炳史册, recorded gloriously in history) and is a popular given-name character.

Components

radical

火 huǒ

fire

The fire radical on the left. Brightness here is the glow of a flame, so the fire radical gives 炳 its core meaning of luminous and shining.

phonetic

丙 bǐng

third (in a sequence); fire

Pure sound: standalone 丙 is bǐng and 炳 keeps it exactly. As the third Heavenly Stem 丙 is associated with fire, a neat reinforcement, but it serves chiefly as the reading.