扁

See also: 碥

Translingual

shinjitai	扁
simplified	扁
traditional	扁

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 戶 + 冊

Due to differences in form of radical, Japanese form rather analyzed as 戸 + 冊.

Han character

扁 (radical 63 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT), 戈尸月廿 (ISBT), X戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶冊, ⿸户冊, ⿸戸冊)

1. (adjective) flat
2. tablet, signboard

References

• KangXi: page 415, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11724
• Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2261, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6241

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		扁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin², pin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): pián / píⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: biǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: pien³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin², pin¹
    • Yale: bín, pīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin², pin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵/, /pʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián / píⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pián / pínn
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁴¹/, /pĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁵³/, /pĩ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (扁, reconstructed)
Character (扁), Pronunciation 1/4
Initial: 滂 (2) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 芳連切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʰiᴇn/	/pʰi̯ɛn/	/pʰiɛn/	/pʰiɛn/	/pʰian/	/pʰĭɛn/	/pʰjæn/
Character (扁), Pronunciation 2/4
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 方典切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/penX/	/pienX/	/penX/	/penX/	/pɛnX/	/pienX/	/pɛnX/
Character (扁), Pronunciation 3/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 薄泫切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/benX/	/bʱienX/	/benX/	/benX/	/bɛnX/	/bienX/	/bɛnX/
Character (扁), Pronunciation 4/4
Initial: 並 (3) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 符善切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/biᴇnX/	/bʱi̯ɛnX/	/biɛnX/	/biɛnX/	/bianX/	/bĭɛnX/	/bjænX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (扁, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
扁								biǎn								‹ penX ›								/*pˤe[r]ʔ/								flat and thin
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
扁					715					扁					元					2					篇					/*pʰen/
扁					724					扁					元					2					楩					/*benʔ/
扁					732					扁					元					2					編					/*peːnʔ/
扁					744					扁					元					2					辮					/*beːnʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

扁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. flat (adjective)

Readings

• Goon: へん (hen)
• Kan’on: へん (hen)
• Kun: ひらたい (hiratai) (rare)

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Korean

Hanja

扁 (pyeon, byeon)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 편, 변 (revised: pyeon, byeon, McCune-Reischauer: p'yŏn, pyŏn, Yale: phyen, pyen)

• Name (hangeul): 작을()

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Vietnamese

Han character

扁 (biển, bẽn, bên, thiên)

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