邊

See also: 邉, 边, and 辺

Translingual

Han character

邊 (radical 162 辵+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹山尸 (YHUS), four-corner 3630₂, composition ⿺辶臱)

1. edge, margin, side, border

References

• KangXi: page 1267, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39216
• Dae Jaweon: page 1765, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3894, character 3
• Unihan data for U+908A

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Chinese

		-
trad.		邊
simp.		边

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): piên
• Min Nan (POJ): pian1, pinn1

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: biān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: pien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piên
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /pi̯en²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian1, pinn1
    • Tâi-lô: pian1, pinn1

Middle Chinese pronunciation (邊, reconstructed)
Character (邊), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 先 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 布玄切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pen/	/pien/	/pen/	/pen/	/pɛn/	/pien/	/pɛn/

Old Chinese pronunciation (邊, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
邊								biān								‹ pen ›								/*pˤe[n]/								side
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
邊					9056					臱					元					2					邊					/*mpeːn/

Noun

邊

1. edge; border; side

   • 在懸崖邊行走是危險的。 [MSC, trad.]

     在悬崖边行走是危险的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zài xuányá biān xíngzǒu shì wēixiǎn de. [Pinyin]

     It is dangerous to walk near the edge of a cliff.

   • 她的手帕有一條藍邊。 [MSC, trad.]

     她的手帕有一条蓝边。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā de shǒupà yǒu yī tiáo lán biān. [Pinyin]

     Her handkerchief has a blue border.

   • 冰涼的水在船邊泛起泡沫。 [MSC, trad.]

     冰凉的水在船边泛起泡沫。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bīngliáng de shuǐ zài chuán biān fàn qǐpàomò. [Pinyin]

     The icy cold water foamed over the side of the boat.

2. border; boundary
3. (geometry) side

Suffix

邊

1. suffix for locality noun
   • 上邊 / 上边  ―  shàngbiān  ―  on the top, above
   • 下邊 / 下边  ―  xiàbiān  ―  under, below
   • 裡邊 / 里边  ―  lǐbiān  ―  inside

Adverb

邊

1. (used before each verb of simultanious actions) while

   • 我邊等邊瀏覽幾本雜誌。 [MSC, trad.]

     我边等边浏览几本杂志。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ biān děng biān liúlǎn jī běn zázhì. [Pinyin]

     I browsed through some magazines while I waited.

   • 你喜歡邊聽音樂邊做作業嗎？ [MSC, trad.]

     你喜欢边听音乐边做作业吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ xǐhuān biān tīng yīnyuè biān zuò zuòyè ma? [Pinyin]

     Do you listen to music while doing your homework?

Compounds

• 邊度
• 邊個‎

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Shinjitai: 辺

Kanji

邊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: へん (hen)
• Kun: あたり (atari), べ (be)

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Korean

Hanja

邊 (byeon) (hangeul 변, revised byeon, McCune-Reischauer pyŏn, Yale pyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

邊 (biên, ben, bên, ven)

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