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扁

扁

See also: 碥

Translingual

Shinjitai 扁
Simplified 扁
Traditional 扁

Han character

扁 (radical 63 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT) or 戈尸月廿 (ISBT) or X戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 30227, composition ⿸戶冊 or ⿸户冊 or ⿸戸冊)

  1. (adjective) flat
  2. tablet, signboard

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 415, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11724
  • Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2261, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6241

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 扁

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 戶 + 冊.

Due to differences in form of radical, Japanese form rather analyzed as 戸 + 冊.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 扁 扁 扁 扁
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 幫 (1) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 先 (85) 先 (85) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division (等) III IV IV III
Fanqie 芳連切 方典切 薄泫切 符善切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰiᴇn/ /penX/ /benX/ /biᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiɛn/ /penX/ /benX/ /biɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰjæn/ /pɛnX/ /bɛnX/ /bjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰian/ /pɛnX/ /bɛnX/ /bianX/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiɛn/ /penX/ /benX/ /biɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭɛn/ /pienX/ /bienX/ /bĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯ɛn/ /pienX/ /bʱienX/ /bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 piān biǎn biàn biàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 扁
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 biǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ penX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pˤe[r]ʔ/
English flat and thin

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 扁 扁 扁 扁
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 715 724 732 744
Phonetic
component		 扁 扁 扁 扁
Rime
group		 元 元 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 2 2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 篇 楩 編 辮
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰen/ /*benʔ/ /*peːnʔ/ /*beːnʔ/

Adjective

扁

  1. flat and thin (like a pancake)
    呢個枕頭已經坐到扁晒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢个枕头已经坐到扁晒。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ni1 go3 zam2 tau4 ji5 ging1 co5 dou3bin2 saai3. [Jyutping]
    This pillow has been sat on until it's all flat.
    踩扁  ―  cǎibiǎn  ―  to trample flat

See also

  • 薄 (báo)
  • 平 (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)

Japanese

Kanji

扁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. flat (adjective)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

扁 • ‎(pyeon, byeon)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 편, 변 (revised: pyeon, byeon, McCune-Reischauer: p'yŏn, pyŏn, Yale: phyen, pyen)
  • Name (hangeul): 작을()
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Vietnamese

Han character

扁 (biển, bẽn, bên, thiên)

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