緶

See also: 缏

Translingual

Han character

緶 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火人一大 (VFOMK), four-corner 2194₆, composition ⿰糹便)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 932, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27693
• Dae Jaweon: page 1371, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3428, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7DF6

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 緶
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鞭	*pen
鯾	*pen
箯	*pen, *ben
便	*ben, *bens
緶	*ben, *peːnʔ
楩	*ben, *benʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		緶
simp.		缏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàn (bian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴
    • Yale: byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緶

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 辮／辫 (biàn, “plait; braid”).

Etymology 2

trad.		緶
simp.		缏

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: bjien

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ben/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緶
Reading #	1/2
No.	774
Phonetic component	便
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	便
Old Chinese	/*ben/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緶

1. (dialectal) to stitch; to sew up; to hem

Etymology 3

trad.		緶
simp.		缏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pien³
    • Yale: byǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: penX

Rime
Character	緶
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	方典切
Baxter	penX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/penX/
Pan Wuyun	/penX/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛnX/
Li Rong	/penX/
Wang Li	/pienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緶
Reading #	2/2
No.	779
Phonetic component	便
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	編
Old Chinese	/*peːnʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緶

1. ^‡ to lift up skirts

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03416
• “緶”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

緶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen), べん (ben)
• Kun: とる (toru)

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Korean

Hanja

緶 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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