牉

牉 U+7249, 牉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7249 ← 版 [U+7248] CJK Unified Ideographs 牊 → [U+724A]

Translingual

Han character

牉 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中中火手 (LLFQ) or 中弓火手 (LNFQ), four-corner 2925₀, composition ⿰片半)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 693, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19829
• Dae Jaweon: page 1106, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2016, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7249

Chinese

trad.		牉
simp. #		牉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	*paːns, *pʰaːns
拌	*pʰaːn, *baːnʔ
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	*baːnʔ, *baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàn (pan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴
    • Yale: pàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann
    • Palladius: пань (panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pun³
    • Yale: pun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: phanH

Rime
Character	牉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普半切
Baxter	phanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwanH/
Li Rong	/pʰuɑnH/
Wang Li	/pʰuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牉
Reading #	1/1
No.	256
Phonetic component	半
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	判
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːns/

Definitions

牉

1. one half of a divided pair
2. to halve; to divide in half