駢

See also: 騈 and 骈

駢	U+99E2, 駢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99E2

← 駡
[U+99E1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

駣 →
[U+99E3]

Translingual

Han character

駢 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸火廿廿 (SFTT), four-corner 7834₁, composition ⿰馬并)

Derived characters

𧟁

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1437, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44696
Dae Jaweon: page 1961, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4555, character 7
Unihan data for U+99E2

Chinese

trad.		駢
simp.		骈
alternative forms		騈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鵧	*bi
駢	*beːn
胼	*beːn
骿	*beːn
軿	beːn, beːŋ
賆	*beːn
跰	preŋs, beːn
恲	*pʰreŋ
鮩	breŋʔ, beːŋʔ, *biɡ
絣	*preːŋ
拼	*preːŋ
迸	*preːŋs
姘	pʰreːŋ, pʰeːŋ
皏	*pʰreːŋʔ
併	breːŋʔ, breːŋs, peŋʔ, peŋs, *beːŋʔ
并	peŋ, peŋs
栟	*peŋ
屏	peŋ, peŋʔ, *beːŋ
箳	peŋ, beːŋ
餅	*peŋʔ
鉼	*peŋʔ
摒	*peŋs
庰	*beŋs
偋	*beŋs
艵	*pʰeːŋ
頩	pʰeːŋ, pʰeːŋʔ
竮	pʰeːŋ, beːŋ
瓶	*beːŋ
缾	*beːŋ
蛢	*beːŋ
荓	*beːŋ
郱	*beːŋ
洴	*beːŋ
蓱	*beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *beːn): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pián (pian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴ / ping⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piân / phiân

(Teochew, Peng'im): bêng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pián
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pián
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien²
  - Yale: pyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan
  - Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pin⁴ / ping⁴
  - Yale: pìhn / pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴ / ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴ / ping⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹/, /pʰɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piân
  - Tâi-lô: piân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /piɛn²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiân
  - Tâi-lô: phiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ben

Rime
Character	駢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	部田切
Baxter	ben
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ben/
Pan Wuyun	/ben/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛn/
Li Rong	/ben/
Wang Li	/bien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*beːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駢
Reading #	1/1
No.	915
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹁
Old Chinese	/*beːn/

Definitions

駢

two horses that are side-by-side
side-by-side; parallel; antithetical

Compounds

田駢天口 / 田骈天口
車馬駢溢 / 车马骈溢 (chēmǎpiányì)
車馬駢闐 / 车马骈阗 (chēmǎpiántián)
駢儷 / 骈俪
駢四儷六 / 骈四俪六 (piánsìlìliù)
駢填 / 骈填
駢字 / 骈字 (piánzì)
駢字類編 / 骈字类编 (Piánzì Lèibiān)
駢拇枝指 / 骈拇枝指
駢文 / 骈文 (piánwén)
駢枝 / 骈枝
駢比 / 骈比
駢田 / 骈田
駢肩 / 骈肩
駢肩累足 / 骈肩累足
駢肩累跡 / 骈肩累迹
駢肩累踵 / 骈肩累踵
駢肩雜遝 / 骈肩杂遝
駢脅 / 骈胁
駢賦 / 骈赋
駢進 / 骈进
駢闐 / 骈阗
駢集 / 骈集 (piánjí)
駢馳 / 骈驰
駢體文 / 骈体文 (piántǐwén)

Japanese

Kanji

駢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): へん (hen)、べん (ben)
Kun: ならぶ (narabu)

Korean

Hanja

駢 • (byeon, byeong) (hangeul 변, 병, revised byeon, byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏn, pyŏng, Yale pyen, pyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

駢: Hán Nôm readings: bền, biền

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