彬

See also: 斌

彬 U+5F6C, 彬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F6C ← 彫 [U+5F6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 彭 → [U+5F6D]

Translingual

Han character

彬 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹竹 (DDHH), four-corner 4292₂, composition ⿰林彡)

Derived characters

• 𬈥, 𪹡, 𧈇, 霦, 𪬟

Related characters

• 斌 (Variant form used in given names)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9996
• Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 854, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5F6C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		彬
alternative forms		斌 邠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
虨	*prɯːn, *prɯn, *pʰrɯn
彬	*prɯn
霦	*prɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 焚 (OC *bun) + semantic 彡.

Alternatively may be phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 棼 (OC *bɯn) + semantic 彡.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīn (bin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pîn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bin
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bin
    • Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
    • Tâi-lô: pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pin

Rime
Character	彬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府巾切
Baxter	pin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/pien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjin/
Li Rong	/pjĕn/
Wang Li	/pǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彬
Reading #	1/1
No.	826
Phonetic component	彬
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	彬
Old Chinese	/*prɯn/
Notes	說文份古文

Definitions

彬

1. elegant; refined
2. a surname

Synonyms

• (elegant):

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• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “elegant”):

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• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

 

Compounds

• 大彬壺／大彬壶
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn)
• 彬彬君子
• 彬彬文質／彬彬文质
• 彬彬有禮／彬彬有礼 (bīnbīnyǒulǐ)
• 彬蔚
• 文質彬彬／文质彬彬 (wénzhìbīnbīn)
• 江彬
• 濟濟彬彬／济济彬彬
• 璘彬 (línbīn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

彬

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. refined

Readings

• Go-on: ひん (hin)、ふん (fun)
• Kan-on: ひん (hin)、ふん (fun)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 彬らか)、うるわしい (uruwashī, 彬しい)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)、あき (aki)、よし (yoshi)

Proper noun

彬(あきら) • (Akira) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

彬 (eumhun 빛날 빈 (binnal bin))

1. bright

Vietnamese

Han character

彬: Hán Nôm readings: băn, bận, bân

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References

• Nom Foundation