聘

Translingual

Han character

聘 (Kangxi radical 128, 耳+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸十中田尸 (SJLWS), four-corner 1512₇, composition ⿰耳甹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 967, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29079
• Dae Jaweon: page 1417, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2789, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8058

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Chinese

trad.		聘
simp. #		聘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
俜	*pʰleːŋ, *pʰleŋs
甹	*pʰleːŋ
聘	*pʰleŋs
娉	*pʰleŋs
騁	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
梬	*leŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìn, pìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³
• Northern Min (KCR): pēng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin⁴
    • Yale: pìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinn
    • Palladius: пинь (pinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing⁴
    • Yale: pìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinq
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping³
    • Yale: ping
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeiŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèng
    • Tâi-lô: phìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: phjiengH

Rime
Character	聘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹正切
Baxter	phjiengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiajŋH/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.leŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰleŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pìn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjiengH ›
Old Chinese	/*p.leŋ-s/
English	inquire; invite
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	聘
Reading #	1/1
No.	9807
Phonetic component	甹
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	聘
Old Chinese	/*pʰleŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 聘

1. (historical) to visit a state as an envoy
2. to engage; to employ
3. to betroth
4. (colloquial) to get married (as a girl); to marry off (a daughter)

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Japanese

Kanji

聘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: とう (tou, 聘う); めす (mesu, 聘す)

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Korean

Hanja

聘 • (bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune–Reischauer ping, Yale ping)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 聘 (sính, sánh)

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