楄

楄 U+6944, 楄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6944 ← 楃 [U+6943] CJK Unified Ideographs 楅 → [U+6945]

Translingual

Han character

楄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 木竹尸月 (DHSB) or 木戈尸月 (DISB), four-corner 4392₇, composition ⿰木扁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15097
• Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1256, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6944

Chinese

trad.		楄
simp. #		楄

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): pián (pian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pián
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pián
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien²
    • Yale: pyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan
    • Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pin⁴
    • Yale: pìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ben, bjien

Rime
Character	楄	楄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	部田切	房連切
Baxter	ben	bjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ben/	/biᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ben/	/biɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛn/	/bjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛn/	/bian/
Li Rong	/ben/	/biɛn/
Wang Li	/bien/	/bĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱien/	/bʱi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián	pián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin4	pin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ben/, /*beːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楄	楄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	721	743
Phonetic component	扁	扁
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	便	蹁
Old Chinese	/*ben/	/*beːn/

Definitions

楄

1. wooden block
2. a kind of tree