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<p>How old is the character  biáng?</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Hln9lKYO.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Hln9lKYO.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mL7Kkg2D.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mL7Kkg2D.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Pronunciation - biang or biangbiang</p>
<p>The exact age of this character is unknown, but it is believed that the character was created during Qin Dynasty. According to  <a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210413-the-chinese-noodle-dish-whose-name-doesnt-exist" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BBC.com</a> -
&quot;It's unclear exactly how the complex biang character originated, but its creation is steeped in legend. One widely told story credits it to a young scholar from the <strong>Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)</strong> who didn't have enough money for his bowl of biang biang noodles and offered to invent a character in lieu of payment.&quot;</p>
<p>The story was also echoed in this <a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B9%E6%BD%91%E6%89%AF%E9%BA%B5#:%7E:text=%E7%99%BC%E9%9F%B3%E3%80%8CBi%C3%A1ng%E3%80%8D%E5%BD%A2%E5%AE%B9%E8%82%9A%E9%A4%93,%E3%80%81%E6%80%A7%E3%80%8D%E9%BB%90%E5%9F%8B%E4%B8%80%E9%BD%8A%E3%80%82" rel="nofollow noreferrer">article</a> with more details.</p>
<p>Note this character wasn't collected in any Chinese dictionaries, but was added by Unicode (U+30EDE) in 2020.</p>

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<p>I was browsing Reddit just now, and stumbled upon <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1dmudml/what_are_the_top_10_most_recently_created_chinese/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this question</a>:</p>
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<p>What are the top 10 most recently created Chinese characters?</p>
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<p>where <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1dmudml/comment/l9yj9di/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button" rel="nofollow noreferrer">one user replied</a>:</p>
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<p>I only know about  biáng, unfortunately, my typeface doesn't show it, so I see a square instead of a character.</p>
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<p>Curious, I thought this was a fairly old character.  I'm quite unsure now though.  I found this image on the <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%B0%BB%9D%F0%B0%BB%9D%E9%9D%A2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chinese Wikipedia page</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/2fLJTsLMm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2fLJTsLMm.png" alt="rubbings of the character  biáng" /></a></p>
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<p>which is captioned <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bi%C3%A1ng-rubbings.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> as:</p>
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<p>描述:  English: The rubbings of Biáng.  中文：“Biang”字拓片，小篆。<br />
日期:  在1900年之前s</p>
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<p>I'm not sure if this date applies to the rubbings, or what they are rubbings of.  So I don't know.</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: How old is the character  biáng?</p>

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On the Wiki page you referenced there are number of origin stories, some dating as far back as the Qin dynasty. But there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer as to its etymology.
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How old is the character  biáng?
# How old is the character  biáng?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-24)

I was browsing Reddit just now, and stumbled upon [this question](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1dmudml/what_are_the_top_10_most_recently_created_chinese/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button):

> What are the top 10 most recently created Chinese characters?

where [one user replied](https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/1dmudml/comment/l9yj9di/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button):

> I only know about biáng, unfortunately, my typeface doesn't show it, so I see a square instead of a character.

Curious, I thought this was a fairly old character. I'm quite unsure now though. I found this image on the [Chinese Wikipedia page](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%B0%BB%9D%F0%B0%BB%9D%E9%9D%A2):

> [![rubbings of the character  biáng](https://i.sstatic.net/2fLJTsLMm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/2fLJTsLMm.png)

which is captioned [here](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bi%C3%A1ng-rubbings.png) as:

> 描述: English: The rubbings of Biáng. 中文：“Biang”字拓片，小篆。  
> 日期: 在1900年之前s

I'm not sure if this date applies to the rubbings, or what they are rubbings of. So I don't know.

**Question**: How old is the character biáng?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: On the Wiki page you referenced there are number of origin stories, some dating as far back as the Qin dynasty. But there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer as to its etymology.  
> **username_2**: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%B1%9F%9B  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2024-06-24. Score: 1

> How old is the character biáng?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Hln9lKYO.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Hln9lKYO.png) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mL7Kkg2D.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/mL7Kkg2D.png)

Pronunciation - biang or biangbiang

The exact age of this character is unknown, but it is believed that the character was created during Qin Dynasty. According to [BBC.com](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210413-the-chinese-noodle-dish-whose-name-doesnt-exist) -
"It's unclear exactly how the complex biang character originated, but its creation is steeped in legend. One widely told story credits it to a young scholar from the **Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)** who didn't have enough money for his bowl of biang biang noodles and offered to invent a character in lieu of payment."

The story was also echoed in this [article](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B9%E6%BD%91%E6%89%AF%E9%BA%B5#:%7E:text=%E7%99%BC%E9%9F%B3%E3%80%8CBi%C3%A1ng%E3%80%8D%E5%BD%A2%E5%AE%B9%E8%82%9A%E9%A4%93,%E3%80%81%E6%80%A7%E3%80%8D%E9%BB%90%E5%9F%8B%E4%B8%80%E9%BD%8A%E3%80%82) with more details.

Note this character wasn't collected in any Chinese dictionaries, but was added by Unicode (U+30EDE) in 2020.


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