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Translingual

Han character

(radical 154 +5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十廿月金 (JTBC), four-corner 40806, composition)

  1. forge ahead
  2. energetic
  3. used as a surname
  4. 22nd hexagram of the I Ching

References

  • KangXi: page 1207, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36727
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1671, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3630, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8CC1

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*prals, *bɯl, *pɯːn, *bɯn
*bɯl, *bɯlʔ, *bɯls
*bɯlʔ, *bɯnʔ
*bɯlʔ, *bɯn
*pɯːn, *pɯːns
*pɯːn
*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns, *pɯns
*pʰɯːn, *bɯn
*pʰɯːn, *pʰɯːns
*bɯːnʔ
*pɯn
*pɯn
*pɯns
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn, *hmɯns
*bɯn
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn
*bɯnʔ
*bɯnʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial () (3) (3) (1) (1)
Final () (21) (59) (55) (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed Open
Division () III III I Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bʉi/ /bɨun/ /puən/ /pˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun
/bʷɨi/ /biun/ /puon/ /pᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen
/biuəi/ /biuən/ /puən/ /piɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/buj/ /bun/ /pwən/ /pjiə̆H/
Li
Rong
/biuəi/ /biuən/ /puən/ /pjeH/
Wang
Li
/bĭwəi/ /bĭuən/ /puən/ /pǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱwe̯i/ /bʱi̯uən/ /puən/ /pie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
féi fén bēn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 433 435 442 461
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*prals/ /*bɯl/ /*pɯːn/ /*bɯn/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to decorate

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bun) (hangeul , revised bun, McCune-Reischauer pun, Yale pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(, bôn)

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