扁

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See also: 碥
扁 U+6241, 扁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6241
← 所
[U+6240] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 扂 →
[U+6242]

Translingual

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Japanese 扁
Simplified 扁
Traditional 扁

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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

Chinese

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trad. 扁
simp. # 扁
alternative forms 𡈯
𡲜

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 扁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (扁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斒 *preːn, *praːn
鯿 *praːn, *pen
編 *pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
揙 *pen
褊 *penʔ
篇 *pʰen
偏 *pʰen, *pʰens
翩 *pʰen
媥 *pʰen
扁 *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ
萹 *pʰen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
騗 *pʰens
騙 *pʰens
諞 *ben, *brenʔ, *benʔ
楄 *ben, *beːn
蝙 *peːn
甂 *peːn
猵 *peːn, *binʔ
牑 *peːn
蹁 *peːn, *beːn
匾 *peːnʔ
碥 *peːnʔ
惼 *peːnʔ
糄 *peːnʔ
徧 *peːns
遍 *peːns
頨 *peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan
艑 *beːnʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戶 (“door”) + 冊 (“bamboo tablets”) – to inscribe on the door.

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyar (“flat, thin”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • bēng - vernacular;
  • biēng - literary.
Note:
  • bang3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁食);
  • bue3/buiⁿ3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁擔);
  • beng3 - literary.
Note:
  • píⁿ/pín/pún - vernacular;
  • pián - literary.
Note:
  • bin2 - vernacular;
  • biang2/biêng2 - literary (biêng2 - Chaozhou).
Rime
Character 扁 扁 扁
Reading # 2/4 4/4 3/4
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 仙 (77) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) IV III IV
Fanqie 方典切 符善切 薄泫切
Baxter penX bjienX benX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/penX/ /biᴇnX/ /benX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/penX/ /biɛnX/ /benX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɛnX/ /bjænX/ /bɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pɛnX/ /bianX/ /bɛnX/
Li
Rong 		/penX/ /biɛnX/ /benX/
Wang
Li 		/pienX/ /bĭɛnX/ /bienX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pienX/ /bʱi̯ɛnX/ /bʱienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		biǎn biàn biàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bin2 bin6 bin6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 扁
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		biǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ penX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁe[r]ʔ/
English 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 扁 扁 扁
Reading # 3/4 2/4 4/4
No. 732 724 744
Phonetic
component 		扁 扁 扁
Rime
group 		元 元 元
Rime
subdivision 		2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		編 楩 辮
Old
Chinese 		/*peːnʔ/ /*benʔ/ /*beːnʔ/
Definitions
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扁

  1. flat and thin (like a pancake)
    踩扁  ―  cǎibiǎn  ―  to trample flat
  2. to inscribe on the door
  3. to curl one's lips
  4. to underestimate; to underrate
  5. (dialectal) to beat; to give someone a good beating
    海扁 [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  hǎi biǎn [Pinyin]  ―  to beat someone tremendously
    欠扁  ―  qiànbiǎn  ―  to deserve beating
  6. (dialectal) to hide in the waist
  7. Original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
  8. a surname
See also
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  • 薄 (bó)
  • 平 (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 扁
Reading # 1/4
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 芳連切
Baxter phjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰiᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰian/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiɛn/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		piān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 扁
Reading # 1/4
No. 715
Phonetic
component 		扁
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		篇
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰen/
Definitions
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扁

  1. small; little; narrow
  2. Alternative form of 偏 (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”)
Compounds
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 萹 (“knotgrass; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 萹).
Notes:

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 藊.
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 藊).
Notes:

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 稨.
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 稨).
Notes:

Japanese

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Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
扁󠄀
扁+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
扁󠄂
扁+&#xE0102;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 扁
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Kanji

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扁

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. flat (adjective)

Readings

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  • Go-on: へん (hen)
  • Kan-on: へん (hen)
  • Kun: ひらたい (hiratai, 扁たい)

Korean

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Hanja

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扁 (eumhun 작을 편 (jageul pyeon))

  1. hanja form? of 편 (“small; flat”)

Compounds

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Tày

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Noun

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扁 (ben)

  1. Nôm form of ben (“pack; bundle”).

Verb

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扁 (ben)

  1. Nôm form of ben (“to wrap around”).
    七眉扁𦙫眉咀
    Chết mì ben, chiêng mì thó
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References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

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Han character

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扁: Hán Việt readings: biển[1][2][3][4][5], thiên[3][4][5], biên[3]
扁: Nôm readings: biển[1][2], bên[2], bẽn[2], thiên[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of biển (“flat, thin”).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Trần (2004).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (1999).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).
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