餅 meaning and stroke order
Rice-cake, pastry, biscuit
How to write 餅, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 餅
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- round flat cake
- cookie
- cake
- pastry
How 餅 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Food.
飠 gives the meaning and 并 hints at the sound.
Radical: 飠 (food), shared by 44 characters on this site.
How to remember 餅
The left side 飠 is the food radical, and the right side 并 (bìng) gives the sound. Picture food 飠 pressed together 并 into a flat round cake, and you get 餅 (bǐng).
餅 (bǐng) is a general word for flat, round baked or fried foods, from cookies to pancakes to pizza. It usually appears in compounds like 饼干 (bǐnggān), 月饼 (yuèbing) and 煎饼 (jiānbǐng). Example: 我早上吃了一个煎饼。(Wǒ zǎoshang chī le yí gè jiānbǐng.) I ate a jianbing this morning.
Common mistake: Learners often read 餅 with the fourth tone because its sound part 并 is bìng, but 餅 is third tone, bǐng. Also note that in 月饼 the second syllable is usually said in the neutral tone, yuèbing.
Common words with 餅
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 餅乾 | bǐnggān | biscuit; cracker; cookie | HSK 5 |
| 月餅 | yuèbing | mooncake (esp. for the Mid-Autumn Festival) | HSK 5 |
| 餡餅 | xiànbǐng | meat pie; pie | |
| 煎餅 | jiānbǐng | jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake | |
| 鬆餅 | sōngbǐng | muffin; pancake | |
| 薄餅 | báobǐng | thin flat cake; pancake | |
| 玉米餅 | yùmǐbǐng | corn cake; Mexican tortilla | |
| 比薩餅 | bǐsàbǐng | pizza (loanword) | |
| 肉餅 | ròubǐng | meat patty | |
| 捲餅 | juǎnbǐng | rolled-up pastry; roll | |
| 烤餅 | kǎobǐng | scone |
Questions about 餅
How many strokes are in 餅?
餅 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 餅 mean?
餅 (bǐng) means rice-cake, pastry, biscuit. A common word with it is 饼干 (bǐnggān), meaning "biscuit; cracker; cookie".
How do you pronounce 餅?
餅 is pronounced bǐng, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 餅?
The radical of 餅 is 飠, which carries the idea of "food". Dictionaries list 餅 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 餅?
餅 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 饼, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Does 饼 mean cake like a Western birthday cake?
Not usually. A Western sponge cake is 蛋糕 (dàngāo), while 饼 suggests something flat, such as a cookie, pancake or flatbread.
Can 饼 describe things that are not food?
Yes, it can describe flat round objects in general. For example, 铁饼 (tiěbǐng) is a discus and 饼图 (bǐngtú) is a pie chart.