諞

See also: 谝

Translingual

Han character

諞 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹尸月 (YRHSB) or 卜口戈尸月 (YRISB), four-corner 0362₇, composition ⿰訁扁)

1. brag, boast
2. quibble

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1169, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35703
• Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4002, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8ADE

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Chinese

trad.		諞
simp.		谝

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pián, piǎn (pian², pian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ, ㄆㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁵ / pin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pián

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien³
    • Yale: pyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pean
    • Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pin⁵ / pin⁴
    • Yale: píhn / pìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁵ / pin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁵ / pin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn¹³/, /pʰiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián
    • Tâi-lô: pián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjien, bjenX, bjienX

Rime
Character	諞	諞	諞
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (79)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	房連切	符蹇切	符善切
Baxter	bjien	bjenX	bjienX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇn/	/bˠiᴇnX/	/biᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛn/	/bᵚiɛnX/	/biɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæn/	/biænX/	/bjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bian/	/bianX/	/bianX/
Li Rong	/biɛn/	/bjɛnX/	/biɛnX/
Wang Li	/bĭɛn/	/bĭɛnX/	/bĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛn/	/bʱi̯ɛnX/	/bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián	biàn	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin4	bin6	bin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-pʰ]e[r]ʔ/, /*[m-pʰ]e[r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ben/, /*brenʔ/, /*benʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	諞	諞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn	pián
Middle Chinese	‹ bjienX ›	‹ bjien ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-pʰ]e[r]ʔ/	/*[m-pʰ]e[r]/
English	insincere words	insincere words
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	諞	諞	諞
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	720	722	723
Phonetic component	扁	扁	扁
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	便	辯	楩
Old Chinese	/*ben/	/*brenʔ/	/*benʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 諞

1. (of speech) sweet but insincere (usually flattering)
2. to brag; to boast

References

• “諞”, 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

諞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: べん (ben)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: へつらう (hetsurau, 諞う)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

諞: Hán Việt readings: biền

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