彬

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See also: 斌
彬 U+5F6C, 彬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F6C
← 彫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彭 →

Translingual

Han character

彬 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹竹 (DDHH), four-corner 42922, composition ⿰林彡)

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9996
  • Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 854, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5F6C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 彬
alternative forms 斌
邠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虨 *prɯːn, *prɯn, *pʰrɯn
彬 *prɯn
霦 *prɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 焚 (OC *bun) + semantic 彡.

Alternatively may be phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 棼 (OC *bɯn) + semantic 彡.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 彬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 府巾切
Baxter pin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pjin/
Li
Rong 		/pjĕn/
Wang
Li 		/pǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ban1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彬
Reading # 1/1
No. 826
Phonetic
component 		彬
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		彬
Old
Chinese 		/*prɯn/
Notes 說文份古文

Definitions

彬

  1. elegant; refined
  2. a surname

Synonyms

  • (elegant):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “elegant”):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

彬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. refined

Readings

Proper noun

彬(あきら) • (Akira) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

彬 (eumhun 빛날 빈 (binnal bin))

  1. bright

Vietnamese

Han character

彬: Hán Nôm readings: băn, bận, bân

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References

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