評

See also: 评 and 詳

評 U+8A55, 評 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A55 ← 詔 [U+8A54] CJK Unified Ideographs 詖 → [U+8A56]

Translingual

Han character

評 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口一火十 (YRMFJ), four-corner 0164₉, composition ⿰言平)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1155, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35383
• Dae Jaweon: page 1620, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3953, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8A55

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Chinese

trad.		評
simp.		评

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
平	*ben, *beŋ
怦	*pʰreːŋ
砰	*pʰreːŋ
抨	*pʰreːŋ
閛	*pʰreːŋ
伻	*pʰreːŋ
評	*beŋ, *beŋs
坪	*beŋ
苹	*beŋ
枰	*beŋ, *beŋs
泙	*beŋ
蚲	*beŋ
胓	*beŋ
匉	*pʰreːŋ
萍	*beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beŋ, *beŋs) : semantic 言 + phonetic 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píng (ping²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ping⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pen³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pin²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²
    • Yale: píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyng
    • Palladius: пин (pin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ping⁴
    • Yale: pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰen²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pin²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng
    • Tâi-lô: phîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjaeng, bjaengH

Rime
Character	評	評
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符兵切	皮命切
Baxter	bjaeng	bjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiæŋ/	/bˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiaŋ/	/bᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/biaŋ/	/biaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/biajŋ/	/biajŋH/
Li Rong	/biɐŋ/	/biɐŋH/
Wang Li	/bĭɐŋ/	/bĭɐŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɐŋ/	/bʱi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	bìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4	bing6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*beŋ/, /*beŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	評	評
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9819	9826
Phonetic component	平	平
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	平	病
Old Chinese	/*beŋ/	/*beŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 評

1. to comment on; to discuss; to debate
2. (law, business) to judge; to appraise
3. comment; commentary; appraisal

Synonyms

• (to comment):

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• 交涉 (jiāoshè)
• 傾／倾 (king¹) (Cantonese, informal)
• 協商／协商 (xiéshāng)
• 協議／协议 (xiéyì)
• 口語／口语 (kǒuyǔ) (archaic)
• 商榷 (shāngquè) (chiefly in an academic context)
• 商討／商讨 (shāngtǎo)
• 商談／商谈 (shāngtán)
• 商議／商议 (shāngyì)
• 商量 (shāngliang)
• 接接 (Hokkien)
• 接洽 (jiēqià) (formal)
• 插話／插话 (Hokkien)
• 會談／会谈 (huìtán)
• 槌摃鐵／槌𫼱铁 (Hokkien)
• 比接 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 洽商 (qiàshāng)
• 洽談／洽谈 (qiàtán)
• 申論／申论 (shēnlùn)
• 研究 (yánjiū)
• 磋商 (cuōshāng) (formal)
• 磋議／磋议 (cuōyì)
• 磨合 (móhé) (figurative)
• 觸牙／触牙 (Hokkien)
• 言說／言说 (yánshuō) (formal)
• 言論／言论 (yánlùn)
• 言辭／言辞 (yáncí) (literary)
• 計謀／计谋 (jìmóu) (literary)
• 計議／计议 (jìyì) (literary)
• 計較／计较
• 討論／讨论 (tǎolùn)
• 評論／评论 (pínglùn)
• 說／说
• 說合／说合 (shuōhé)
• 說道／说道 (shuōdao) (colloquial)
• 談判／谈判 (tánpàn)
• 談論／谈论 (tánlùn)
• 謀慮／谋虑 (móulǜ) (literary)
• 議／议 (yì)
• 議論／议论 (yìlùn)
• 錦議／锦议 (Hokkien)
• 闡論／阐论 (chǎnlùn) (literary)

 

• (to judge):

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• 下結論／下结论 (xià jiélùn)
• 判定 (pàndìng)
• 判斷／判断 (pànduàn)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 斬截／斩截 (Min Nan)
• 斷定／断定 (duàndìng)
• 裁 (cái) (literary, or in compounds)
• 裁奪／裁夺 (cáiduó)
• 裁斷／裁断 (cáiduàn)
• 裁酌 (cáizhuó) (formal)

 

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai	評
Kyūjitai	評

Kanji

評

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. evaluate, criticise, comment

Readings

• Go-on: びょう (byō)^{←びやう (byau, historical)}
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kan’yō-on: ひょう (hyō, Jōyō)^{←ひやう (fyau, historical)}
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 評る)、あげつらう (agetsurau, 評う)^{←あげつらふ (ageturafu, 評ふ, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
評
ひょう Grade: 5
kan'yōon

Noun

評(ひょう) • (hyō) 

1. criticism

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Hanja

評 • (pyeong) (hangeul 평)

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Vietnamese

Han character

評: Hán Nôm readings: bình, bằng, bừng

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