畔

畔	U+7554, 畔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7554

← 畓
[U+7553]

CJK Unified Ideographs

畕 →
[U+7555]

Translingual

Han character

畔 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田火手 (WFQ), four-corner 6905₀, composition ⿰田半)

Derived characters

溿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 760, character 37
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21801
Dae Jaweon: page 1170, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2539, character 1
Unihan data for U+7554

Chinese

simp. and trad.		畔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畔
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	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): semantic 田 (“field”) + phonetic 半 (OC *paːns).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pàn (pan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phōaⁿ / phoān / poān
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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvoa
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰuã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoān
  - Tâi-lô: phuān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰuan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poān
  - Tâi-lô: puān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poan
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /puan³³/

Note:

phōaⁿ - vernacular;
phoān/poān - literary.

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

Middle Chinese: banH

Rime
Character	畔
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
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-pʰˤan-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	畔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pàn
Middle Chinese	‹ ban^H ›
Old Chinese	/*m-pʰˁan-s/
English	bank between fields
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	畔
Reading #	1/1
No.	261
Phonetic component	半
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	叛
Old Chinese	/*baːns/

Definitions

畔

boundary path dividing fields
boundary; limit
side; beside; to the side
耳畔 ― ěrpàn ― the rim of one's ears
(obsolete) alternative form of 叛 (pàn, “to rebel”)
- 燕人畔。王曰：「吾甚慚於孟子。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  燕人畔。王曰：「吾甚惭于孟子。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Yānrén pàn. Wáng yuē: “Wú shèn cán yú Mèngzǐ.” [Pinyin]
  The people of Yan having rebelled, the King of Qi said, "I feel very much ashamed when I think of Mencius."

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation bàn.

Synonyms

(side): 旁邊／旁边 (pángbiān)

Compounds

倍畔
江畔 (jiāngpàn)
河畔 (hépàn)
湖畔 (húpàn)
湖畔詩人 / 湖畔诗人
畔奐 / 畔奂
畔援
畔約 / 畔约
讓畔 / 让畔

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pêng / pûiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): boin⁵ / bain⁵

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
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pôiⁿ / pâiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /põĩ⁵⁵/, /pãĩ⁵⁵/

Note:

boin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
bain5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang.

Definitions

畔

(Southern Min) alternative form of 爿

Japanese

Shinjitai	畔
Kyūjitai ^[1]	畔󠄁 畔+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	畔󠄃 畔+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

畔

(Jōyō kanji)

ridge

Readings

Go-on: ばん (ban)
Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
Kun: あぜ (aze, 畔)、くろ (kuro, 畔)、そむく (somuku, 畔く)、ほとり (hotori, 畔)
Nanori: あぜ (aze)、くろ (kuro)、べ (be)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
畔
あぜ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畔 – see the following entry.

【あぜ】

[noun] [from 934] 畔, 畦: an embankment or ridge between rice paddies used for storing water and separation

[noun] [unknown] 畔, 畦: a division in between a threshold or a lintel

[pronoun] [from 759] (archaic) why

[pronoun] [from 1779–1780] (possibly obsolete) no way; expresses surprise and doubt

Alternative spellings
畦, 畷, 阡, 疇

(This term, 畔, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
畔
あ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畔 – see the following entry.

【あ】	[noun] (obsolete) ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves Alternative spelling 畦

(This term, 畔, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
畔
ほとり Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畔 – see the following entry.

【ほとり】

[noun] the area near something or along the edge of something

[noun] those people who are close to someone in terms of social relationships

Alternative spellings
辺, 辺り

(This term, 畔, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ “畔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

畔 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

畔: Hán Nôm readings: bản

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[1] “畔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

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