砭

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砭 U+782D, 砭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-782D
← 砬
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 砮 →

Translingual

Han character

砭 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹戈人 (MRHIO), four-corner 12637, composition ⿰石乏)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 829, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2421, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+782D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 砭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
砭 *prom, *proms
貶 *promʔ
窆 *proms
泛 *pʰoms, *bob
姂 *pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob
䒦 *pʰom, *pʰoms
柉 *bom
覂 *poŋʔ
眨 *sproːb
鴔 *brub
乏 *bob

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 砭 砭
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 鹽 (154) 鹽 (154)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 府廉切 方驗切
Baxter pjem pjemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠiᴇm/ /pˠiᴇmH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚiɛm/ /pᵚiɛmH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piæm/ /piæmH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pjiam/ /pjiamH/
Li
Rong 		/pjɛm/ /pjɛmH/
Wang
Li 		/pĭɛm/ /pĭɛmH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ɛm/ /pi̯ɛmH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		biān biàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bin1 bin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 砭 砭
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2840 2843
Phonetic
component 		乏 乏
Rime
group 		談 談
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		砭 窆
Old
Chinese 		/*prom/ /*proms/

Definitions

砭

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) stone needle used in acupuncture
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) to stab with such a needle
  3. to pierce
  4. to treat; to cure
  5. to counsel; advise
  6. (literary) providing constructive criticisms and suggestions

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

砭

  1. (dialectal) mountain slope; hillside

Japanese

Kanji

砭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. stone probe
  2. pierce
  3. counsel

Readings

Korean

Hanja

砭 • (pyeom) (hangeul 폄, revised pyeom, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏm, Yale phyem)

  1. stone needle

Vietnamese

Han character

砭: Hán Nôm readings: biếm

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Readings

  • Nôm: bãm, bẫm, biếm, biém, bom, bơm, bờm

References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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