屏风
píng fēng · folding screen; room divider
这个屏风把房间分成了两部分。
This folding screen divides the room into two parts.
Chinese character · HSK 6
屏 (píng) — “screen / folding screen”
The character combines '尸' (an overhang or covering) with '并' (meaning side-by-side). Visually, it perfectly portrays side-by-side wooden panels acting as a folding screen under a draped silk cover.
Memory cue
Side-by-side (并) panels under a draped cover (尸) make a beautiful folding screen (屏).
Video mnemonic
Watch 屏 in motion
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Common ways to use 屏
屏 (píng) refers to both a traditional folding screen and a modern display screen.
屏幕
píng mù · screen of a TV, computer, or other device
请看屏幕上的照片。
Please look at the photo on the screen.
Inside the character
- 尸 (body / seat) — meaning component. A reclining figure — often marks the body, dwelling, or things people sit or live in.
- 并 (combine / together) — sound component. Often a sound-bearing piece in 拼 / 屏 / 饼 / 瓶 — and carries the sense of combining.
Where 屏 comes from
A phono-semantic compound. The radical '尸' originally depicted a person but later evolved to represent an overhang, roof, or covering, while '并' (bìng) provides the pronunciation and hints at panels standing side-by-side.
Don’t mix up 屏
These characters are close enough in shape to misread at speed. Telling them apart is a matter of spotting the one component that differs.
- 届 (jiè, Session / term) — Both contain 尸 — the difference is 并 in 屏 versus 由 in 届.
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