What 乒 means
It writes the sharp sound of an impact.
乒 is not recorded in Shuowen, an early dictionary of Chinese characters, and is treated as a later shortened form of 兵, meaning soldier or weapon. In the Ming dynasty, the novel Journey to the West (西游记) uses 乒 for an impact sound. Later, 乒乓 became the Chinese word for table tennis, echoing the rhythm of play.
A Chinese sound word and part of the table-tennis name.
Alone, 乒 signals an impact sound; the sport reading depends on 乒乓 or 乒乓球.
Who writes 乒
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsOne sharp impact.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3A collision-sound pair; also a word for table tennis.
Repeated clattering.
The Chinese name for table tennis.
Questions people ask
1Why does 乒 look different?
Different fonts can draw this text character with different stroke shapes; the underlying character remains 乒.
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How to type or find 乒
- Search it as
- 乒 meaning · 乒 sound · 乒乓 · 乒乓球 · 乓 · ping pong
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
乒CSS
\4E52Pinyin input method
In a Chinese Pinyin input method, type ping and select 乒; type pingpangqiu for 乒乓球.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
乒
HTML hex
乒
CSS content
content: "\4E52";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E4%B9%92
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.