扁

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

Translingual[edit]

Japanese 扁
Simplified 扁
Traditional 扁

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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[edit]

trad. 扁
simp. # 扁
alternative forms 𡈯
𡲜

Glyph origin[edit]

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): 戶 (“door”) + 冊 (“bamboo tablets”) – to inscribe on the door.

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • bēng - vernacular;
  • biēng - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • pián - literary;
    • píⁿ/pín/pún - vernacular.
    Note:
    • biang2/biêng2 - literary (biêng2 - Chaozhou);
    • bin2 - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • 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[edit]

    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
    6. (dialectal) to hide in the waist
    7. Original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
    8. a surname
    See also[edit]
    • 薄 (bó)
    • 平 (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)
    Compounds[edit]
    Derived terms from 扁

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    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[edit]

    扁

    1. small; little; narrow
    2. Alternative form of 偏 (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”).
    Compounds[edit]
    Derived terms from 扁

    Etymology 2[edit]

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

    Etymology 3[edit]

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

    Etymology 4[edit]

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

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    扁

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. flat (adjective)

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    扁 (eumhun 작을 편 (jageul pyeon))

    1. Hanja form? of 편 (“small; flat”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    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[edit]

    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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