Character Contained In References Comments
 Simplified  Traditional  Ancient forms  Archaic forms
   traditional formhandwritten form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
bing3
English
Definitions
third; 3rd heavenly stem; number three; the third of the ten heavenly stems; the third position; the third heavenly stem
Mnemonic
Fire in a house (fireplace) spreading above
Etymology
Notes
Archaic version of this character was nearly identical to ; it appears this represented a fireplace which is very similar to window