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U+4EFD, 份
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EFD

[U+4EFC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EFE]
See also: and

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(radical 9 +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人金尸竹 (OCSH), four-corner 28227, composition)

  1. of literary talent and simple style
  2. same as

References

  • KangXi: page 94, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 418
  • Dae Jaweon: page 201, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 124, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+4EFD

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Bamboo and silk script Small seal script


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
*pʰrɯːns
*praːn, *bɯn
*praːn, *bɯn
*praːn, *bɯn
*prɯn, *bɯns
*pʰreːd, *prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn
*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
*brɯn
*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
*bɯːn
*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
*pɯn, *bɯns
*pɯn
*pɯnʔ
*pɯnʔ
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn
*pʰɯn, *bɯn
*pʰɯn, *bɯn
*pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
*bɯnʔ
*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *prɯn, *bɯns) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *pɯn, *bɯns).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen
/pien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pjin/
Li
Rong
/pjĕn/
Wang
Li
/pǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bīn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3133 3190
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*prɯn/ /*bɯns/

Noun

  1. share, part, portion
  2. duty

Classifier

  1. classifier for gifts, magazines, documents

Usage notes

Variant of (fèn)

Compounds

References

  • “份”, in MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ) (in Mandarin/English), accessed 2014-03-01

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. portion
  2. part
  3. duty

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bin) (hangeul , revised bin, McCune-Reischauer pin)

  1. portion
  2. part
  3. duty

Vietnamese

Han character

(phần, phân)

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