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聘

聘

Translingual

Han character

聘 (radical 128 耳+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸十中田尸 (SJLWS), four-corner 15127)

  1. engage, employ
  2. betroth

References

  • KangXi: page 967, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29079
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1417, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2789, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8058

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 聘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
俜 *pʰleːŋ, *pʰleŋs
甹 *pʰleːŋ
聘 *pʰleŋs
娉 *pʰleŋs
騁 *l̥ʰeŋʔ
梬 *leŋʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 聘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 匹正切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʰiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʰiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pʰiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pʰiajŋH/
Li
Rong		 /pʰiɛŋH/
Wang
Li		 /pʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pìng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 聘
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 pìn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjiengH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*p.leŋ-s/
English inquire; invite

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 聘
Reading # 1/1
No. 9807
Phonetic
component		 甹
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 聘
Old
Chinese		 /*pʰleŋs/

Definitions

聘

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Japanese

Kanji

聘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

聘 • ‎(bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune-Reischauer ping, Yale ping)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聘 (sính, sánh)

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