屏

bīng
#1,888 most
frequent character
used in 屏營|屏营[bing1ying2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

屏 has 尸, a squatting person, as its meaning part and 并 bìng as its sound part. It first meant a screen for privacy while relieving oneself. That grew to a surrounding wall, to hide, to reject; read píng, it means screen.

屏 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Same Characters, Different Readings

屏bǐng
to get rid of, to put aside
屏píng
(standing) screen

Homophones

兵bīng
arms, soldier, force, weapon
冰bīng
ice

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