<p>倪阔乐 pointed in his answer, 乒 and 乓 have onomatopoeic use and these characters were "chosen for the sound playing the game makes" and it's a Great explanation but....</p>

<p>When I see 乒乓 together I see the picture of "table" with their legs (丿丶) plus a "net" on it. Not you ?</p>

<p>They looks like pictographic characters but using not one but two characters instead!</p>

<p>Primarily I was asking the etymology and if they have they other uses ? (this part is filled, thanks!)</p>

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象 rattle iciba：雹子打在屋顶上乒乓乱响。jukuu：门窗被风刮得乒乓山响。
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The question here is different from the title question in http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/14138/are-%E4%B9%92-and-%E4%B9%93-used-in-classical-chinese but is already asked in the text of that question.  And the answer here partly conflicts with the answer there.  I think it would be better if the answers were merged and one of the questions closed.
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乒 and 乓 characters are together a pictographic group?
# 乒 and 乓 characters are together a pictographic group?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-12)

倪阔乐 pointed in his answer, 乒 and 乓 have onomatopoeic use and these characters were "chosen for the sound playing the game makes" and it's a Great explanation but....

When I see 乒乓 together I see the picture of "table" with their legs (丿丶) plus a "net" on it. Not you ?

They looks like pictographic characters but using not one but two characters instead!

Primarily I was asking the etymology and if they have they other uses ? (this part is filled, thanks!)

**Tags:** etymology, glyph-origin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 象 rattle iciba：雹子打在屋顶上乒乓乱响。jukuu：门窗被风刮得乒乓山响。  
> **username_2**: The question here is different from the title question in http://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/14138/are-%E4%B9%92-and-%E4%B9%93-used-in-classical-chinese but is already asked in the text of that question.  And the answer here partly conflicts with the answer there.  I think it would be better if the answers were merged and one of the questions closed.  

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