瓣

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• Alternate forms:
• 弁 (Japanese simplified form which also covers 辨 and 辯)

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 辡 + 瓜 (“‘melon’”)

[edit] Han character

瓣 (radical 97 瓜+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜十竹人十 (YJHOJ), four-corner 0044₁)

1. petal
2. segment
3. valve

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 747, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21425
• Dae Jaweon: page 1155, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4043, character 12
• Unihan data for U+74E3

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

瓣 (Yale faan6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

瓣

[edit] Readings

• On: べん (ben)
• Kun: はなびら (hanabira)

[edit] Compounds

• 安全瓣 (あんぜんべん)
• 花瓣
• 豆瓣醤

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

瓣 (hangeul 판, revised pan, McCune-Reischauer p'an, Yale phan)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

瓣 (pinyin bàn (ban4), Wade-Giles pan⁴)