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U+868C, 蚌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-868C

[U+868B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+868D]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 142, +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手十 (LIQJ), four-corner 55100, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32851
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2836, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+868C

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: bèng - variant reading and Mainland standard reading of 蚌埠 (Bèngbù).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (9)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter baewngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠʌŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚɔŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bɔŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨwŋX/
Li
Rong
/bɔŋX/
Wang
Li
/bɔŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɔŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bong6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ bæwngX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[b]ˁroŋʔ/
English oyster, mussel

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 3209
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*breːŋʔ/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. common name for some bivalve molluscs
  2. (obsolete) pearl
  3. Short for 蚌埠 (Bèngbù, “Bengbu”).
Synonyms[edit]
  • (bivalve molluscs): (Hokkien) 池刀

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“a long and narrow mollusc”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 3[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“Apoidea or Vespa; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(bang) (hangeul , revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: bạng

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References[edit]