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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹尸月 (LIHSB) or 中戈戈尸月 (LIISB), four-corner 53127, composition)

  1. bat

References

  • KangXi: page 1089, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33271
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2873, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+8759

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 # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pen/
Pan
Wuyun
/pen/
Shao
Rongfen
/pɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pɛn/
Li
Rong
/pen/
Wang
Li
/pien/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
biān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 725
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*peːn/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 蝙蝠人
  • 蝙蝠俠蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bat

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

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

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