媥

Translingual

Han character

媥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女竹尸月 (VHSB), four-corner 4242₇, composition ⿰女扁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6530
• Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1069, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5AA5

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Chinese

trad.		媥
simp. #		媥

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piān (pian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pian
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹
    • Yale: pyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
    • Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pin¹
    • Yale: pīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjien

Rime
Character	媥
Reading #	1/1
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媥
Reading #	1/1
No.	714
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	篇
Old Chinese	/*pʰen/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 媥

1. slim; lithe; lissome

Synonyms

• 輕盈／轻盈 (qīngyíng)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

媥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen)