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辯

辯

See also: 辩

Translingual

Traditional 辯
Shinjitai 弁
Simplified 辩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
辬 *praːn
瓣 *breːns
辦 *breːns
辨 *breːns, *brenʔ
辡 *prenʔ, *brenʔ
辯 *brenʔ
辮 *beːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *brenʔ) : 辡 + 言 ‎(“say”).

Han character

辯 (radical 160 辛+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜十卜口十 (YJYRJ), four-corner 00441, composition ⿴辡言)

  1. dispute, argue, debate, discuss

References

  • KangXi: page 1252, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38677
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4045, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8FAF

Chinese

trad. 辯
simp. 辩

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 辯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 符蹇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bianX/
Li
Rong		 /bjɛnX/
Wang
Li		 /bĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 biàn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 辯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 biàn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bjenX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]renʔ/
English distinguish, dispute (v.)

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 辯
Reading # 1/1
No. 786
Phonetic
component		 辡
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 辯
Old
Chinese		 /*brenʔ/

Definitions

辯

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji

辯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弁)

Readings

Compounds

  • 関西辯 (かんさいべ) ‎(kansaibe)
  • 能辯 (のうべ) ‎(nōbe)
  • 詭辯 (きべ) ‎(kibe)
  • 辯才天 (べんざいて) ‎(benzaite), 辨財天 (べんざいて) ‎(benzaite)

Suffix

辯 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 弁, hiragana べん, romaji ben)

  1. dialect

Korean

Hanja

辯 • ‎(byeon) (hangeul 변, revised byeon, McCune-Reischauer pyŏn, Yale pyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

辯 (biện)

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