砭

砭	U+782D, 砭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-782D

← 砬
[U+782C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

砮 →
[U+782E]

Translingual

Han character

砭 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹戈人 (MRHIO), four-corner 1263₇, composition ⿰石乏)

Derived characters

𠻅, 𫱑, 𦷩

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 829, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24110
Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2421, character 2
Unihan data for U+782D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		砭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
砭	prom, proms
貶	*promʔ
窆	*proms
泛	pʰoms, bob
姂	pʰoms, bob, *kpʰob
䒦	pʰom, pʰoms
柉	*bom
覂	*poŋʔ
眨	*sproːb
鴔	*brub
乏	*bob

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bian
  - Wade–Giles: pien¹
  - Yale: byān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
  - Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bin¹
  - Yale: bīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian
  - Tâi-lô: pian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piefn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³/

Middle Chinese: pjem, pjemH

Rime
Character	砭	砭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府廉切	方驗切
Baxter	pjem	pjemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇm/	/pˠiᴇm^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛm/	/pᵚiɛm^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piæm/	/piæm^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiam/	/pjiam^H/
Li Rong	/pjɛm/	/pjɛm^H/
Wang Li	/pĭɛm/	/pĭɛm^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛm/	/pi̯ɛm^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin¹	bin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*prom/, /*proms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砭	砭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2840	2843
Phonetic component	乏	乏
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime		窆
Old Chinese	/*prom/	/*proms/

Definitions

砭

(traditional Chinese medicine) stone needle used in acupuncture
(traditional Chinese medicine) to stab with such a needle
to pierce
to treat; to cure
to counsel; advise
(literary) providing constructive criticisms and suggestions

Compounds

寒風砭骨 / 寒风砭骨
攻砭
砭灸
砭石 (biānshí)
砭石無效 / 砭石无效
砭鍼 / 砭针
砭骨 (biāngǔ)
針砭 / 针砭 (zhēnbiān)
鍼砭 / 针砭

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
  - Wade–Giles: pien³
  - Yale: byǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
  - Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

砭

(dialectal) mountain slope; hillside

Japanese

Kanji

砭

(Hyōgai kanji)

stone probe
pierce
counsel

Readings

On (unclassified): へん (hen)
Kun: いしばり (ishibari)

Korean

Hanja

砭 • (pyeom) (hangeul 폄, revised pyeom, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏm, Yale phyem)

stone needle

Vietnamese

Han character

砭: Hán Nôm readings: biếm

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Readings

Nôm: bãm, bẫm, biếm, biém, bom, bơm, bờm

References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999