駢

See also: 騈 and 骈

Translingual

Han character

駢 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸火廿廿 (SFTT), four-corner 7834₁, composition ⿰馬并)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1437, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44696
• Dae Jaweon: page 1961, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4555, character 7
• Unihan data for U+99E2

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Chinese

trad.		駢
simp.		骈
alternative forms		騈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (并) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鵧	*bi
駢	*beːn
胼	*beːn
骿	*beːn
軿	*beːn, *beːŋ
賆	*beːn
跰	*preŋs, *beːn
恲	*pʰreŋ
鮩	*breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ
絣	*preːŋ
拼	*preːŋ
迸	*preːŋs
姘	*pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ
皏	*pʰreːŋʔ
併	*breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ
并	*peŋ, *peŋs
栟	*peŋ
屏	*peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ
箳	*peŋ, *beːŋ
餅	*peŋʔ
鉼	*peŋʔ
摒	*peŋs
庰	*beŋs
偋	*beŋs
艵	*pʰeːŋ
頩	*pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ
竮	*pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ
瓶	*beːŋ
缾	*beːŋ
蛢	*beːŋ
荓	*beːŋ
郱	*beːŋ
洴	*beːŋ
蓱	*beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beːn) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pián (pian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴ / ping⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piân / phiân

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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: pin⁴ / ping⁴
    • Yale: pìhn / pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴ / ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴ / ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹/, /pʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piân
    • Tâi-lô: piân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /piɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiân
    • Tâi-lô: phiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ben

Rime
Character	駢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	部田切
Baxter	ben
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ben/
Pan Wuyun	/ben/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛn/
Li Rong	/ben/
Wang Li	/bien/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駢
Reading #	1/1
No.	915
Phonetic component	并
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蹁
Old Chinese	/*beːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 駢

1. two horses that are side by side
2. side by side; parallel; antithetical

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Japanese

Kanji

駢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen); べん (ben)
• Kun: ならぶ (narabu)

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Korean

Hanja

駢 • (byeon, byeong) (hangeul 변, 병, revised byeon, byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏn, pyŏng, Yale pyen, pyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 駢 (bền, biền)

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