冰

Glyph origin
. The above vulgar character in Shuowen Jiezi is.

Etymology 1
From (provisionally reconstructed). Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, and perhaps 🇨🇬 (STEDT; ; ; ).

Within Chinese, and possibly  are usually considered cognates (STEDT; ; ; ). However, they are phonologically difficult to reconcile with the 🇨🇬 cognates above (cf. ).

STEDT also includes and  in the Chinese comparandum of 🇨🇬.

Alternatively, this may be related to 🇨🇬, from, although the meanings are difficult to reconcile.

Definitions

 * 1) ice
 * 2) ice-cold
 * 3) to freeze; to ice
 * 4)  methamphetamine; meth; ice
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