蝙

蝙	U+8759, 蝙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8759

← 蝘
[U+8758]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蝚 →
[U+875A]

Translingual

Han character

蝙 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹尸月 (LIHSB) or 中戈戈尸月 (LIISB), four-corner 5312₇, composition ⿰虫扁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33271
Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2873, character 11
Unihan data for U+8759

Chinese

trad.		蝙
simp. ^#		蝙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
斒	preːn, praːn
鯿	praːn, pen
編	pen, peːn, *peːnʔ
揙	*pen
褊	*penʔ
篇	*pʰen
偏	pʰen, pʰens
翩	*pʰen
媥	*pʰen
扁	pʰen, benʔ, peːnʔ, beːnʔ
萹	pʰen, peːn, *peːnʔ
騗	*pʰens
騙	*pʰens
諞	ben, brenʔ, *benʔ
楄	ben, beːn
蝙	*peːn
甂	*peːn
猵	peːn, binʔ
牑	*peːn
蹁	peːn, beːn
匾	*peːnʔ
碥	*peːnʔ
惼	*peːnʔ
糄	*peːnʔ
徧	*peːns
遍	*peːns
頨	peːns, ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan
艑	*beːnʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): biān, biǎn (bian¹, bian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bian³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pin¹ / bin¹ / bin²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ben²
Gan (Wiktionary): bien³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phiên

(Meixian, Guangdong): biên³
Northern Min (KCR): bǐng
Eastern Min (BUC): biēng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pian / pián

(Teochew, Peng'im): piang¹ / piêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bian
  - Wade–Giles: pien¹
  - Yale: byān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
  - Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
  - Wade–Giles: pien³
  - Yale: byǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
  - Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bian³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pin¹ / bin¹ / bin²
  - Yale: pīn / bīn / bín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹ / bin¹ / bin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin¹ / bin¹ / bin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵/, /piːn⁵⁵/, /piːn³⁵/

Note: bin1, bin2 - rare.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ben²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pen⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bien³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: biên³
  - Sinological IPA: /piɛn³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian
  - Tâi-lô: pian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piefn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián
  - Tâi-lô: pián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piern
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /piɛn⁵³/

Note:

Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- pian - literary;
- pián - colloquial variant.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: piang¹ / piêng¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiang / phieng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiaŋ³³/, /pʰieŋ³³/

Note:

piang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
piêng1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pi
  - MiniDict: pi^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bienn³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ẽ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: pen

Rime
Character	蝙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	布玄切
Baxter	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/pen/
Wang Li	/pien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*peːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝙
Reading #	1/1
No.	725
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邊
Old Chinese	/*peːn/

Definitions

蝙

only used in 蝙蝠 (biānfú, “bat”)

Compounds

蝙蝠
蝙蝠人
蝙蝠俠 / 蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

References

“蝙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蝙

(Hyōgai kanji)

bat

Readings

Go-on: へん (hen)
Kan-on: へん (hen)
Kun: こうもり (kōmori, 蝙)^{←かうもり (kaumori, 蝙, historical)}

Compounds

蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori), 蝙蝠(かわほり) (kawahori), 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku): bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

Korean

Hanja

蝙 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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