Definify.com

Definition 2025

貧

貧

See also: 贫

Translingual

Han character

貧 (radical 154 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹金 (CSHC), four-corner 80806, composition ⿱分貝)

References

  • KangXi: page 1205, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36677
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1667, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3628, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8CA7

Chinese

trad. 貧
simp. 贫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貧
Bamboo and silk script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
扮 *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼 *pʰrɯːns
頒 *praːn, *bɯn
朌 *praːn, *bɯn
鳻 *praːn, *bɯn
份 *prɯn, *bɯns
汃 *pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢 *prɯn
邠 *prɯn
攽 *prɯn
砏 *prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧 *brɯn
湓 *pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆 *bɯːn
葐 *bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分 *pɯn, *bɯns
吩 *pɯn
粉 *pɯnʔ
黺 *pɯnʔ
芬 *pʰɯn
紛 *pʰɯn
衯 *pʰɯn
棻 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰 *pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾 *bɯn
羒 *bɯn
枌 *bɯn
棼 *bɯn
妢 *bɯn
梤 *bɯn
馚 *bɯn
鼢 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅 *bɯnʔ
秎 *bɯns

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

It may look like an ideographic compound, to divide 分 one's money 貝, but 分 is only phonetic.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 貧
Mandarin Beijing /pʰin³⁵/
Harbin /pʰin²⁴/
Tianjin /pʰin⁴⁵/
Jinan /pʰiẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /pʰiə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pʰin⁴²/
Xi'an /pʰiẽ²⁴/
Xining /pʰiə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /pʰiŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /pʰĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /pʰiŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /pʰin²¹³/
Chengdu /pʰin³¹/
Guiyang /pʰin²¹/
Kunming /pʰĩ³¹/
Nanjing /pʰin²⁴/
Hefei /pʰin⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /pʰiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /pʰiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /pʰĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /biŋ²³/
Suzhou /bin¹³/
Hangzhou /bin²¹³/
Wenzhou /beŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /pʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /pʰin⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /pin¹³/
Xiangtan /bin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /pʰin⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /pʰin¹¹/
Taoyuan /pʰin¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pʰɐn²¹/
Nanning /pʰɐn²¹/
Hong Kong /pʰɐn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /pin³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /piŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /peiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /pʰiŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /fin³¹/
/kiaŋ³¹/ 訓窮
Rime
Character 貧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 符巾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bjin/
Li
Rong		 /bjĕn/
Wang
Li		 /bǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pín
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貧
Reading # 1/1
No. 3140
Phonetic
component		 分
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 貧
Old
Chinese		 /*brɯn/

Adjective

貧

  1. poor
  2. inadequate, insufficient, lacking
  3. garrulous, talkative

References

  • 貧 in CEDICT on MDBG

Japanese

Kanji

貧

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. poverty

Readings

Korean

Hanja

貧 • ‎(bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune-Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Similar Results