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, 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT) or 戈尸月廿 (ISBT) or 難戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 30227, composition (KT) or (GH) or (J))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (door) + (bamboo tablets) – to inscribe on the door, or two things that are flat and thin.

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • bēng - vernacular;
  • biēng - literary.
Note:
  • bang3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁食);
  • buei3/buinn3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁擔);
  • beng3 - literary.
Note:
  • píⁿ/pín/pún - vernacular;
  • pián - literary.
Note:
  • bin2 - vernacular;
  • biang2/biêng2 - literary (biêng2 - Chaozhou).
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 5pi
      • MiniDict: pi
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2pi
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/

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/
Bernhard
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
    [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  hǎi biǎn [Pinyin]  ―  to beat someone tremendously
      ―  qiànbiǎn  ―  to deserve 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
  • 倒扁兒 / 倒扁儿
  • 山扁豆
  • 扁塌臉 / 扁塌脸
  • 扁平 (biǎnpíng)
  • 扁平足 (biǎnpíngzú)
  • 扁底舟
  • 扁挑
  • 扁擔 / 扁担
  • 扁擔戲 / 扁担戏
  • 扁擔飯 / 扁担饭
  • 扁柏 (biǎnbó)
  • 扁桃 (biǎntáo)
  • 扁桃腺 (biǎntáoxiàn)
  • 扁桃腺炎 (biǎntáoxiàn yán)
  • 扁毛畜生
  • 扁簪
  • 扁蒲
  • 扁蜥 (biǎnxī)
  • 扁蟾 (biǎnchán)
  • 扁豆 (biǎndòu)
  • 扁銼 / 扁锉
  • 扁鑽 / 扁钻
  • 扁額 / 扁额
  • 扁食 (biǎnshi)
  • 扁魚 / 扁鱼
  • 扁鵲 / 扁鹊
  • 扁鼓 (biǎngǔ)
  • 揍扁
  • 看扁 (kànbiǎn)
  • 輪扁 / 轮扁
  • 輪扁斲輪 / 轮扁斲轮
  • 野毛扁豆
  • 針線扁 / 针线扁
  • 馬扁 / 马扁
  • 馬扁兒 / 马扁儿

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/
Bernhard
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

Shinjitai
(extended)
Shinjitai
(extended)

扁󠄀
+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
扁󠄂
+&#xE0102;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(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

Tày

Noun

(ben)

  1. Nôm form of ben (pack; bundle).

Verb

(ben)

  1. Nôm form of ben (to wrap around).
    七眉𦙫眉咀
    Chết mì ben, chiêng mì thó
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

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. 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Trần (2004).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (1999).
  4. 4.0 4.1 Nguyễn (1974).
  5. 5.0 5.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).