偏

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偏 U+504F, 偏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-504F
← 偎
[U+504E]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 偐 →
[U+5050]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

偏 (radical 9 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人竹尸月 (OHSB) or 人戈尸月 (OISB), four-corner 23227, composition ⿰亻扁)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 110, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 235, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 195, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+504F

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 偏

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 偏
Large seal script
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L31886
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L31887
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L31888
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L31889
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L31890
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L31891
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L31892
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L31893
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L31894
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L06717
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L06718
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L06719
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L06720
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L06721
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L06722
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L06723
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L06724
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L06725
Small seal script
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s05832
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰen, *pʰens): semantic 亻 + phonetic 扁 (OC *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • phian - literary;
  • phiⁿ/pheⁿ - vernacular.
Rime
Character 偏 偏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 芳連切 匹戰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰiᴇn/ /pʰiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiɛn/ /pʰiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰjæn/ /pʰjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰian/ /pʰianH/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiɛn/ /pʰiɛnH/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭɛn/ /pʰĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯ɛn/ /pʰi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 piān piàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 偏
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 piān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ phjien ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰe[n]/
English oblique; subordinate

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 偏 偏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 712 718
Phonetic
component		 扁 扁
Rime
group		 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 篇 騗
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰen/ /*pʰens/

Definitions[edit]

偏

  1. inclined on one side; slanting; askew
  2. wilfully; stubbornly

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 偏

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

偏

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

Related terms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
偏
へん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun[edit]

偏 (hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

  1. the left-hand component of a kanji
Coordinate terms[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

偏 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

偏 (thiên, xiên, xen)

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