叛

叛	U+53DB, 叛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53DB

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[U+53DA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

叜 →
[U+53DC]

Translingual

Han character

叛 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火手竹水 (FQHE), four-corner 9154₇ or 9254₇, composition ⿰半反)

Derived characters

𡞟

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3166
Dae Jaweon: page 378, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 398, character 2
Unihan data for U+53DB

Chinese

trad.		叛
simp. ^#		叛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (半) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	paːns, pʰaːns
拌	pʰaːn, baːnʔ
拚	pʰaːn, brons, pʰaːn, puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	baːnʔ, baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːns): phonetic 半 (OC *paːns) + semantic 反.

Etymology

Note similarities to Burmese ပုန် (pun, “to rebel, revolt”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàn (pan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phán
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phoān / poān

(Teochew, Peng'im): buang⁶ / buêng⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶boe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pàn
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴
  - Yale: pàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann
  - Palladius: пань (panʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bun⁶
  - Yale: buhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phán
  - Hakka Romanization System: pan^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pan³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰan³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoān
  - Tâi-lô: phuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poān
  - Tâi-lô: puān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poan
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /puan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: buang⁶ / buêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puăng / puĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ³⁵/, /pueŋ³⁵/

Note:

buang6 - Shantou;
buêng6 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶boe
  - MiniDict: boe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³boe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bø²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 叛
Mandarin	Beijing	/pʰan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/pʰan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pʰan⁵³/
	Jinan	/pʰã²¹/
	Qingdao	/pʰã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pʰan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/pʰã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/pʰã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/pʰan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pʰɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/pʰan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/pʰan³⁵/
	Chengdu	/pʰan¹³/
	Guiyang	/pʰan²¹³/
	Kunming	/pʰã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/pʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/pʰʊ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pʰæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/pʰɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/pʰæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/bø²³/
	Suzhou	/bø³¹/
	Hangzhou	/buõ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/bø²²/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰo³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/pʰuːə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/pʰõ⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/pʰan⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰɵn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/pan³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pun²²/
	Nanning	/pʰun³³/
	Hong Kong	/pun²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/puan²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰuɑŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pʰuiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/puaŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fuaŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: banH

Rime
Character	叛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄半切
Baxter	banH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwan^H/
Li Rong	/buɑn^H/
Wang Li	/buɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*baːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	叛
Reading #	1/1
No.	260
Phonetic component	半
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*baːns/

Definitions

叛

rebel; betray
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) confused; in disorder
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bright; shining
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 判 (pàn, “to divide”)

Compounds

反叛 (fǎnpàn)
反叛型
叛亂 / 叛乱 (pànluàn)
叛亂罪 / 叛乱罪
叛國 / 叛国 (pànguó)
叛徒 (pàntú)
叛渙 / 叛涣
叛變 / 叛变 (pànbiàn)
叛軍 / 叛军 (pànjūn)
叛逆 (pànnì)
叛離 / 叛离 (pànlí)
悖叛
招亡納叛 / 招亡纳叛
招降納叛 / 招降纳叛
眾叛親離 / 众叛亲离 (zhòngpànqīnlí)
背叛 (bèipàn)
親離眾叛 / 亲离众叛
逆叛
離叛 / 离叛
離經叛道 / 离经叛道 (líjīngpàndào)

Japanese

Kanji

叛

(Hyōgai kanji)

to betray; to rebel

Readings

Go-on: はん (han)^{←はん (fan, historical)}、ばん (ban)^{←ばん (ban, historical)}
Kan-on: はん (han)^{←はん (fan, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: ほん (hon)^{←ほん (fon, historical)}
Kun: そむく (somuku, 叛く)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 叛 is mostly replaced by 反, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 叛 replaced by daiyōji 反

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

叛 (eumhun 배반할 반 (baebanhal ban))

hanja form^? of 반 (“rebel, rebellion, rebellious”)