變

See also: 变 and 変

Translingual

shinjitai	変
simplified	变
traditional	變

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 䜌 + semantic 攴

Han character

變 (radical 149 言+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火人大 (VFOK), four-corner 2240₈, composition ⿱䜌攵)

1. change, transform, alter
2. rebel

Descendants

• 変 变

References

• KangXi: page 1186, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36117
• Dae Jaweon: page 1650, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1481, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8B8A

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Chinese

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trad.		變
simp.		变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàn (bian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³
• Min Nan (POJ): piàn / pìⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: pien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³
    • Yale: bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn / pìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: piàn / pìnn
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹/, /pĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn²¹/, /pĩ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (變, reconstructed)
Character (變), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 彼眷切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/piᴇnH/	/pi̯ɛnH/	/piɛnH/	/piɛnH/	/pianH/	/pĭɛnH/	/pjænH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (變, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
變					8612										元					3					變					/*prons/

Compounds

• 變身 / 变身 (biànshēn)

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Japanese

Kanji

變

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 変)

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Readings

• On: へん (hen)
• Kun: かわる (kawaru)

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Korean

Hanja

變 (byeon) (hangeul 변, revised byeon, McCune-Reischauer pyŏn, Yale pyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

變 (biến, bén, bến)

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