萹

Translingual

Han character

萹 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹尸月 (THSB) or 廿戈尸月 (TISB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹扁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31358
• Dae Jaweon: page 1503, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3257, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8439

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Chinese

trad.		萹
simp. #		萹
alternative forms		扁 second round simplified

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

The glyph is also a common variant in fast script of 篇.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biān, piān (bian¹, pian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ, ㄆㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ / bin² / pin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bian
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹
    • Yale: byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pian
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹
    • Yale: pyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
    • Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin¹ / bin² / pin¹
    • Yale: bīn / bín / pīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ / bin² / pin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ / bin² / pin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/, /piːn³⁵/, /pʰiːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 萹

1. See the compounds.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹ / bin² / pin¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin¹ / bin² / pin¹
    • Yale: bīn / bín / pīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹ / bin² / pin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹ / bin² / pin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/, /piːn³⁵/, /pʰiːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 萹

1. Only used in 萹豆, (deprecated template usage) alternative form of 扁豆 (biǎndòu, “hyacinth bean”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pián (pian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 萹

1. ^‡ Only used in 萹𦸊 (“plants waving”).

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Japanese

Kanji

萹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen); べん (ben)
• Kun: にわやなぎ (niwayanagi)

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Korean

Hanja

萹 (eum 편 (pyeon))

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