鞭

鞭	U+97AD, 鞭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97AD

← 鞬
[U+97AC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鞮 →
[U+97AE]

Translingual

Han character

鞭 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十人一大 (TJOMK), four-corner 4154₆, composition ⿰革便)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1390, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42937
Dae Jaweon: page 1904, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4343, character 6
Unihan data for U+97AD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鞭
2nd round simp.		卞
alternative forms		𠓥𠓠鞕𩌻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鞭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鞭	*pen
鯾	*pen
箯	pen, ben
便	ben, bens
緶	ben, peːnʔ
楩	ben, benʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pen): semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 便 (OC *ben, *bens).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ben¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bien¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): piên

(Hailu, HRS): bien^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): biên¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bie¹
Northern Min (KCR): bíng
Eastern Min (BUC): biĕng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piⁿ / pian

(Teochew, Peng'im): bin¹ / biang¹ / biêng¹ / biu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn¹

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pen³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pi̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /pien⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: biên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /piɛn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: biĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: beng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: beng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pe̞ŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: beng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piⁿ / pian
  - Tâi-lô: pinn / pian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvy, piefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ³³/, /piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

piⁿ - vernacular;
pian - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bin¹ / biang¹ / biêng¹ / biu¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piⁿ / piang / pieng / piu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pĩ³³/, /piaŋ³³/, /pieŋ³³/, /piu³³/

Note:

bin1 - vernacular;
biang1/biêng1 - literary;
biu1 - colloquial variant.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pi
  - MiniDict: pi^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bienn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: pjien

Rime
Character	鞭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	卑連切
Baxter	pjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pian/
Li Rong	/piɛn/
Wang Li	/pĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pe[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*pen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鞭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biān
Middle Chinese	‹ pjien ›
Old Chinese	/*pe[n]/
English	whip (n.)
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	鞭
Reading #	1/1
No.	770
Phonetic component	便
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*pen/
Notes	便轉註字

Definitions

鞭

whip (Classifier: 條／条 c)
皮鞭 ― píbiān ― leather whip
to whip; to flog
penis of an animal
牛鞭 ― niúbiān ― bull pizzle
(historical) an ancient type of weapon, segmented and made of iron
鋼鞭／钢鞭 ― gāngbiān ― a kind of weapon
string of firecrackers
鞭炮 ― biānpào ― firecrackers

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鞭子 (“whip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鞭子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鞭子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鞭子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鞭子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鞭
	Hong Kong	鞭
	Dongguan	鞭
Gan	Nanchang	鞭子
Hakka	Meixian	竹鞭仔
Jin	Taiyuan	鞭子
Southern Min	Xiamen	鞭, 摔仔
	Zhangzhou	摔仔
	Tainan	摔仔
	Shantou	鞭
	Jieyang	鞭
	Haikou	鞭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鞭
Wu	Danyang	鞭

Compounds

一條鞭 / 一条鞭
一溜鞭光
一鞭先著
七寶鞭 / 七宝鞭
七節鞭 / 七节鞭
三鞭酒 (sānbiānjiǔ)
不須鞭 / 不须鞭
九節鞭 / 九节鞭
仙人鞭
伍員鞭屍 / 伍员鞭尸
停鞭
先吾著鞭
先鞭
刺絲鞭 / 刺丝鞭
制鞭
加鞭 (jiābiān)
千子鞭
反鞭
吟鞭
吹鞭
執教鞭 / 执教鞭
執鞭 / 执鞭 (zhíbiān)
執鞭墜鐙 / 执鞭坠镫
執鞭隨鐙 / 执鞭随镫
小條鞭 / 小条鞭
征鞭
後鞭 / 后鞭
快馬加鞭 / 快马加鞭 (kuàimǎjiābiān)
截鐙留鞭 / 截镫留鞭
投鞭
投鞭斷流 / 投鞭断流
抽鞭子
挂鞭
接絲鞭 / 接丝鞭
掌鞭
掌鞭的
揚鞭 / 扬鞭 (yángbiān)
搖鞭 / 摇鞭
擊鞭 / 击鞭
擊鞭鎚鐙 / 击鞭锤镫
放鞭炮
教鞭 (jiàobiān)
條鞭 / 条鞭
梔鞭 / 栀鞭
條鞭法 / 条鞭法
楊柳鞭 / 杨柳鞭
榆鞭
法鞭
淨鞭 / 净鞭
火鞭
熟靼鞭
狂鞭
猛著先鞭
猛著祖鞭
皮鞭
祖生鞭
祖逖鞭
祖鞭
祖鞭先著
秉鞭
竹節鞭 / 竹节鞭
竹鞭 (zhúbiān)
笞鞭
笞鳳鞭鸞 / 笞凤鞭鸾
筍鞭 / 笋鞭
箸鞭
籠鞭 / 笼鞭
絲鞭 / 丝鞭
繞朝鞭 / 绕朝鞭
聯鞭 / 联鞭
著先鞭
著鞭 / 着鞭
蒲鞭
蒲鞭不施
蒲鞭不用
蒲鞭之政
蒲鞭示辱
蠟鞭 / 蜡鞭
蠻鞭 / 蛮鞭
贈鞭 / 赠鞭
赤鞭
赭鞭
趕山鞭 / 赶山鞭
躍馬揚鞭 / 跃马扬鞭
辟歷施鞭
連鞭 / 连鞭 (liâm-piⁿ)
醉垂鞭
醉鞭
鐵節鞭 / 铁节鞭
鐵鞭 / 铁鞭 (tiěbiān)
鐵鞭草 / 铁鞭草
鐵馬鞭 / 铁马鞭
雷神鞭
電鞭 / 电鞭
雷鞭
霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān)
靈鞭 / 灵鞭
靜鞭 / 静鞭
鞭不及腹
鞭凳
鞭刑 (biānxíng)
鞭勒
鞭勵 / 鞭励
鞭叱
鞭呼
鞭哨
鞭墓
鞭子 (biānzi)
鞭屍 / 鞭尸 (biānshī)
鞭帽
鞭弭
鞭弰
鞭影
鞭恥 / 鞭耻
鞭打 (biāndǎ)
鞭扑
鞭抶
鞭拊
鞭捶
鞭撲 / 鞭扑
鞭擗
鞭擊 / 鞭击
鞭撾 / 鞭挝
鞭撻 / 鞭挞 (biāntà)
鞭擗向裡 / 鞭擗向里
鞭擗進裡 / 鞭擗进里
鞭斃 / 鞭毙
鞭春
鞭朴
鞭杠
鞭杖
鞭杆溜子
鞭杻
鞭板
鞭梢
鞭桶
鞭楚
鞭殺 / 鞭杀
鞭毛 (biānmáo)
鞭毛藻
鞭毛蟲 / 鞭毛虫 (biānmáochóng)
鞭炮 (biānpào)
鞭爆
鞭牛
鞭痕
鞭督
鞭石
鞭石成橋 / 鞭石成桥
鞭磔
鞭稍
鞭笞 (biānchī)
鞭笞天下
鞭笞鸞鳳 / 鞭笞鸾凤
鞭筍 / 鞭笋
鞭策 (biāncè)
鞭節 / 鞭节
鞭箠 / 鞭棰
鞭箭
鞭簡 / 鞭简
鞭約 / 鞭约
鞭約近裡 / 鞭约近里
鞭絲 / 鞭丝
鞭絲帽影 / 鞭丝帽影
鞭縛 / 鞭缚
鞭罰 / 鞭罚
鞭聲 / 鞭声
鞭背
鞭茁
鞭草
鞭著
鞭蒲
鞭血
鞭行
鞭警
鞭責 / 鞭责
鞭蹬
鞭轡 / 鞭辔
鞭辟
鞭辟入裡 (biānpìrùlǐ)
鞭辟向裡
鞭辟著裡 / 鞭辟着里
鞭辟近裡
鞭鐙 / 鞭镫
鞭長不及 / 鞭长不及
鞭長莫及 / 鞭长莫及 (biānchángmòjí)
鞭長駕遠 / 鞭长驾远
鞭靈走石 / 鞭灵走石
鞭面
鞭靮
鞭靴
鞭鞘
鞭韃 / 鞭鞑 (biāndá)
鞭颩 / 鞭𱃔
鞭駑策蹇 / 鞭驽策蹇
鞭驅 / 鞭驱
鞭鸞笞鳳 / 鞭鸾笞凤
鞭麟笞鳳 / 鞭麟笞凤
鞭鼓
響鞭 / 响鞭
馬腹逃鞭 / 马腹逃鞭
馬鞭 / 马鞭 (mǎbiān)
驅石神鞭 / 驱石神鞭
鳴鞭 / 鸣鞭
鳴鞭電抹 / 鸣鞭电抹
麒麟鞭
黨鞭 / 党鞭 (dǎngbiān)
鼓鞭
龍鞭 / 龙鞭

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04521
“鞭”, 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–
“鞭”, 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.
“鞭”, 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.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “鞭”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 212.

Japanese

Kanji

鞭

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: へん (hen)
Kan-on: へん (hen)
Kan’yō-on: べん (ben)
Kun: むち (muchi, 鞭)、むちうつ (muchiutsu, 鞭つ)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鞭
むち Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
笞策楚

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むち [múꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

鞭(むち) • (muchi)

whip
鞭(むち)で打(う)つ
muchi de utsu
to whip; to flog
- 1999 March 1, “グロス [Gross]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
  
  ムチのように長(なが)い腕(うで)で、少(すこ)し離(はな)れたところでも攻(こう)撃(げき)できる。
  Muchi no yō ni nagai ude de, sukoshi wa nareta tokoro de mo kōgeki dekiru.
  It attacks from a short distance with its long whip-like arms.
- 2000 July 13, “ツインテール [Twin-Tail]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
  
  ムチのようなしっぽ２本(ほん)を振(ふ)り回(まわ)し攻(こう)撃(げき)する、水(すい)中(ちゅう)生(せい)物(ぶつ)。
  Muchi no yō na shippo ni-hon o furimawashi kōgeki suru, suichū seibutsu.
  An aquatic creature that attacks by brandishing its 2 whip-like tails.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鞭: Hán Nôm readings: tiên, tiệm

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