臏

See also: 膑 and 髕

臏 U+81CF, 臏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81CF ← 臎 [U+81CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 臐 → [U+81D0]

Translingual

Han character

臏 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月十一金 (BJMC), four-corner 7328₆, composition ⿰月賓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 997, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29977
• Dae Jaweon: page 1448, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2121, character 11
• Unihan data for U+81CF

Chinese

trad.		臏
simp.		膑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠙	*biːn, *bin
賓	*mpin
檳	*pin
鑌	*pin
濱	*pin
顮	*pin
儐	*pin, *pins
矉	*pin
擯	*pins
殯	*pins
鬢	*pins
繽	*pʰin
嬪	*bin
薲	*bin
獱	*bin
臏	*binʔ
髕	*binʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìn (bin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban³ / pan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìn
    • Wade–Giles: pin⁴
    • Yale: bìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binn
    • Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban³ / pan⁵
    • Yale: ban / páhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban³ / pan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben³ / pen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³³/, /pʰɐn¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjinX

Rime
Character	臏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗忍切
Baxter	bjinX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/binX/
Shao Rongfen	/bjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/binX/
Li Rong	/biĕnX/
Wang Li	/bĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*binʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臏
Reading #	1/1
No.	853
Phonetic component	賓
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牝
Old Chinese	/*binʔ/
Notes	同髕

Definitions

臏

1. Alternative form of 髕／髌 (bìn, “kneecap; cutting off kneecaps as a form of punishment”)

Compounds

• 臏腳／膑脚 (bìnjiǎo)
• 臏足／膑足 (bìnzú)
• 舉鼎絕臏／举鼎绝膑

 

References

• “臏”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

臏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. the kneecap

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひん (hin)、びん (bin)

Korean

Hanja

臏 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

1. kneecap