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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木竹尸月 (DHSB) or 木戈尸月 (DISB), four-corner 43927, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 538, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15097
  • Dae Jaweon: page 925, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1256, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6944

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*preːn, *praːn
鯿 *praːn, *pen
*pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
*pen
*penʔ
*pʰen
*pʰen, *pʰens
*pʰen
*pʰen
*pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ
*pʰen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
*pʰens
*pʰens
*ben, *brenʔ, *benʔ
*ben, *beːn
*peːn
*peːn
*peːn, *binʔ
*peːn
*peːn, *beːn
*peːnʔ
*peːnʔ
*peːnʔ
*peːnʔ
*peːns
*peːns
*peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan
*beːnʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (85) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ben/ /biᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ben/ /biɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/bɛn/ /bjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bɛn/ /bian/
Li
Rong
/ben/ /biɛn/
Wang
Li
/bien/ /bĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱien/ /bʱi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pián pián
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 721 743
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
便
Old
Chinese
/*ben/ /*beːn/

Definitions

  1. wooden block
  2. a kind of tree