爿

See also: 丬 and 뉘

爿	U+723F, 爿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723F

← 爾
[U+723E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

牀 →
[U+7240]

⽙	U+2F59, ⽙ KANGXI RADICAL HALF TREE TRUNK

← ⽘
[U+2F58]

Kangxi Radicals

⽚ →
[U+2F5A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

爿 (Kangxi radical 90, 爿+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女中一 (VLM), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰⿱𠃊丆丨)

Kangxi radical #90, ⽙.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/爿
𢪫, 𤕭, 𡉟, 壯, 妝, 𢍿, 戕, 𢪇, 斨, 狀, 𧢼, 𨟻, 將, 𩡽, 𧌜, 𩿄, 𪧇
疒, 𤕫, 臧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19758
Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 1
Unihan data for U+723F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爿
Shang		Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	kaːl, ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	zaːŋ, zaːŋs
奘	zaːŋʔ, zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	ʔsaŋ, ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	ʔsaŋ, ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	sʰaŋ, ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	braːn, zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	ʔsraŋ, ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	rnɯːɡ, zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

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

	Old Chinese
爿	braːn, zaŋ
片	*pʰeːns
沜	*pʰaːns

Pictogram (象形) – a bed. The original form of 牀 (OC *zraŋ). In the character 臧, it appears as a contracted form.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		爿
alternative forms		畔 Min Nan 旁 Hokkien 平 Hokkien 𤕪𤖭 Puxian Min

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pán, bàn (pan², ban⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ, ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): bèng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): be² / binn²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pêng / pûiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): boin⁵ / bain⁵ / puang⁵ / puêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶be

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pán
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pán
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan²
  - Yale: pán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
  - Palladius: пань (panʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴
  - Yale: bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
  - Palladius: бань (banʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baan⁶
  - Yale: baahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: be²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bá̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: binn²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pĩ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puĩ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: boin⁵ / bain⁵ / puang⁵ / puêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pôiⁿ / pâiⁿ / phuâng / phuêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /põĩ⁵⁵/, /pãĩ⁵⁵/, /pʰuaŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰueŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

boin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
bain5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang;
puang5/puêng5 - literary (puêng5 - Chaozhou).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶be
  - MiniDict: be^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*braːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爿
Reading #	1/2
No.	9739
Phonetic component	片
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*braːn/
Notes	𤖭今字

Definitions

爿

(dialectal) piece of wood or bamboo (made by chopping)
柴爿餛飩／柴爿馄饨 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶za-be-wen-den [Wugniu] ― (In olden Shanghai) Moving wonton cart with a wood-burning stove
(Hokkien) thin piece; slice
(Southern Min, Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Wu) side
東爿／东爿 [Hokkien] ― tong-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― east; east side

這爿／这爿 [Hokkien] ― chit-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― here; this side

後爿／后爿 [Teochew] ― ao⁶ boin⁵ [Peng'im] ― rear; back
(Hokkien, Eastern Min, Puxian Min, linguistics) radical
(dialectal) Classifier for fields.
(dialectal) Classifier for shops, factories, etc.
(Hokkien) Classifier for slices.

Compounds

北半爿
北爿
北爿爿
南半爿
南爿
南爿爿
東半爿 / 东半爿
東爿 / 东爿
東爿爿 / 东爿爿
爿爿
西半爿
西爿
西爿爿

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		爿
alternative forms		丬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiáng (qiang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang²
  - Yale: chyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
  - Palladius: цян (cjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴
  - Yale: chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爿
Reading #	2/2
No.	10301
Phonetic component
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	牆
Old Chinese	/*zaŋ/
Notes	依段注說文補，五經文字音牆，甲文爲牀字

Definitions

爿

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) piece of wood (made by chopping)

References

(Min Nan) “爿”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

爿

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Half of tree trunk

2. Left half of tree trunk

3. Bed

Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
Kun: だい (dai)、きぎれ (kigire)、ねだい (nedai)

Korean

Hanja

爿 (eumhun 나뭇조각 장 (namutjogak jang))

Vietnamese

Han character

爿: Hán Nôm readings: tường

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