See also:
U+6241, 扁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6241

[U+6240]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6242]

Translingual

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

(Kangxi radical 63, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT) or 戈尸月廿 (ISBT) or X戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 30227, composition or or )

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 415, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11724
  • Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2261, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6241

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𡈯
𡲜

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : (door) + (bamboo tablets) – to inscribe on the door.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyar (flat, thin) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • bēng - vernacular;
  • biēng - literary.
Note:
  • pián - literary;
  • píⁿ/pín/pún - vernacular.
Note:
  • biang2/biêng2 - literary (biêng2 - Chaozhou);
  • bin2 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/4 4/4 3/4
Initial () (1) (3) (3)
Final () (85) (77) (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III IV
Fanqie
Baxter penX bjienX benX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/penX/ /biᴇnX/ /benX/
Pan
Wuyun
/penX/ /biɛnX/ /benX/
Shao
Rongfen
/pɛnX/ /bjænX/ /bɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pɛnX/ /bianX/ /bɛnX/
Li
Rong
/penX/ /biɛnX/ /benX/
Wang
Li
/pienX/ /bĭɛnX/ /bienX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pienX/ /bʱi̯ɛnX/ /bʱienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
biǎn biàn biàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bin2 bin6 bin6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
biǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ penX ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁe[r]ʔ/
English flat and thin

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/4 2/4 4/4
No. 732 724 744
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*peːnʔ/ /*benʔ/ /*beːnʔ/
Definitions

  1. flat and thin (like a pancake)
       cǎibiǎn   to trample flat
  2. to inscribe on the door
  3. to curl one's lips
  4. to underestimate; to underrate
  5. (dialectal) to beat; to give someone a good beating
  6. (dialectal) to hide in the waist
  7. Original form of (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
  8. a surname
See also
  • ()
  • (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)
Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4
Initial () (2)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter phjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pʰiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/pʰiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/pʰjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pʰian/
Li
Rong
/pʰiɛn/
Wang
Li
/pʰĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pʰi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
piān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4
No. 715
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pʰen/
Definitions

  1. small; little; narrow
  2. Alternative form of (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”).
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“knotgrass; etc.”).
(This character, , is the second-round simplified form of .)
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the second-round simplified form of .)
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the second-round simplified form of .)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. flat (adjective)

Readings

  • Go-on: へん (hen)
  • Kan-on: へん (hen)
  • Kun: ひらたい (hiratai, 扁たい)

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 작을 (jageul pyeon))

  1. Hanja form? of (small; flat).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: biển[1][2][3][4][5], thiên[3][4][5], biên[3]
: Nôm readings: biển[1][2], bên[2], bẽn[2], thiên[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of biển (flat, thin).

References

  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Trần (2004).
  3. Trần (1999).
  4. Nguyễn (1974).
  5. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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