靽

靽 U+977D, 靽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-977D ← 靼 [U+977C] CJK Unified Ideographs 靾 → [U+977E]

Translingual

Han character

靽 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+5, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十火手 (TJFQ), four-corner 4945₀, composition ⿰革半)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1386, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42766
• Dae Jaweon: page 1900, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4332, character 4
• Unihan data for U+977D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		靽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	*paːns, *pʰaːns
拌	*pʰaːn, *baːnʔ
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	*baːnʔ, *baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴
    • Yale: bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
    • Palladius: бань (banʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bun³
    • Yale: bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: panH

Rime
Character	靽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博慢切
Baxter	panH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwanH/
Li Rong	/puɑnH/
Wang Li	/puɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靽
Reading #	1/1
No.	245
Phonetic component	半
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	半
Old Chinese	/*paːns/

Definitions

靽

1. (literary) leather strap on the back of a horse
2. ^‡ to tie the foot with ropes; (by extension) to restrain

Japanese

Kanji

靽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 絆

Readings

• Go-on: はん (han)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: きずな (kizuna, 靽)^{←きづな (kiduna, 靽, historical)}; ほだす (hodasu, 靽す)