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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 157 +9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹尸月 (RMHSB) or 口一戈尸月 (RMISB), four-corner 67127, composition)

  1. splayfoot
  2. knee

References

  • KangXi: page 1230, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37717
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1702, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3726, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8E41

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) (1)
Final () (85) (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ben/ /pen/
Pan
Wuyun
/ben/ /pen/
Shao
Rongfen
/bɛn/ /pɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bɛn/ /pɛn/
Li
Rong
/ben/ /pen/
Wang
Li
/bien/ /pien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱien/ /pien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pián biān
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
pián
Middle
Chinese
‹ ben ›
Old
Chinese
/*bˤe[r]/
English 蹁蹮 walk with difficulty (Shuōwén)

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 731 742
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*peːn/ /*beːn/

Definitions

  1. walk with a limp

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to walk with a limp

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(pyeon) (hangeul , revised pyeon, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

  1. totter
  2. knee

Vietnamese

Han character

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References