褊

Translingual

Han character

褊 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中竹尸月 (LHSB) or 中戈尸月 (LISB), four-corner 3222₇, composition ⿰衤扁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1120, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34420
• Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3104, character 13
• Unihan data for U+890A

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Chinese

trad.		褊
simp. #		褊

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin²

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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: bin²
    • Yale: bín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjienX

Rime
Character	褊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	方緬切
Baxter	pjienX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/pjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pianX/
Li Rong	/piɛnX/
Wang Li	/pĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*penʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	褊
Reading #	1/1
No.	710
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	褊
Old Chinese	/*penʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 褊

1. ^‡ tight-fitting (of clothing)
2. (literary) narrow and small; crowded
3. (literary) short; deficient
4. (literary) narrow-minded; lacking in experience
5. (literary) irritable; short-tempered
6. (literary) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 扁 (biǎn, “flat”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pián (pian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁵

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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: pin⁵
    • Yale: píhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 褊

1. Only used in 褊褼 (“fluttering”).

References

• “褊”, 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

褊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: せまい (semai, 褊い)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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