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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木人一大 (DOMK), four-corner 41946, composition便)

References

  • KangXi: page 540, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15165
  • Dae Jaweon: page 928, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1251, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6969

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (便) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*pen
*pen
*pen, *ben
便 *ben, *bens
*ben, *peːnʔ
*ben, *benʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (3) (3)
Final () (77) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/biᴇn/ /biᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/biɛn/ /biɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen
/bjæn/ /bjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bian/ /bianX/
Li
Rong
/biɛn/ /biɛnX/
Wang
Li
/bĭɛn/ /bĭɛnX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ɛn/ /bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pián biàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 775 777
Phonetic
component
便 便
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
便
Old
Chinese
/*ben/ /*benʔ/

Definitions

  1. (archaic) a kind of tree

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings