饼 (bǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “a round flat cake of baked or fried dough”. It is written from 饣 (food radical (simplified form of 食)) and 并 (to combine; side by side), side by side, and takes 9 strokes.
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Structure
饣 + 并
Left–right structure
Structure from: IDS ⿰饣并，笔画核验 3+6=9（hanzi-writer-data）；《说文解字·食部》：餅，麪餈也。从食并聲
Memory aid
The food radical 饣 on the left tells you this is something you eat. 并 on the right is here only for its sound (bìng → bǐng), not its meaning. Food + the sound "bing" = a round flat cake.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
9 strokes
In real words
- 饼干bǐng gānbiscuit; cracker; cookie饼 = bǐng
- 月饼yuè bǐngmooncake饼 = bǐng
- 烙饼lào bǐnggriddle-baked flatbread; to make flatbread饼 = bǐng
- 饼铛bǐng chēnggriddle for pancakes饼 = bǐng
- 馅饼xiàn bǐngstuffed pancake; savory pie饼 = bǐng
Go deeper
All readings
flatbread; cake
a round flat cake of baked or fried dough; biscuit, cookie, pancake; anything shaped like a flat disc
圆而扁的面食；也指形状像饼的东西。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 饼干bǐng gānbiscuit; cracker; cookie饼 = bǐng
- 月饼yuè bǐngmooncake饼 = bǐng
- 烙饼lào bǐnggriddle-baked flatbread; to make flatbread饼 = bǐng
- 饼铛bǐng chēnggriddle for pancakes饼 = bǐng
- 馅饼xiàn bǐngstuffed pancake; savory pie饼 = bǐng
Sound component
并 family tone diff
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 饼 mean?
饼 (bǐng) means a round flat cake of baked or fried dough; biscuit, cookie, pancake; anything shaped like a flat disc.
How do you pronounce 饼?
It is pronounced bǐng.
What parts is 饼 made of?
饣 (food radical (simplified form of 食)) and 并 (to combine; side by side), side by side. The recorded source is: IDS ⿰饣并，笔画核验 3+6=9（hanzi-writer-data）；《说文解字·食部》：餅，麪餈也。从食并聲. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 饼 have?
9. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 饼?
饣. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 饼?
Common ones are 饼干 and 月饼. The reading of 饼 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.