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Translingual
Han character
繃 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火山月月 (VFUBB), four-corner 22927, composition ⿰糹崩)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27852
- Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3443, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7E43
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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崩
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*pɯːŋ
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堋
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*pɯːŋs, *pʰɯːŋ, *bɯːŋ
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漰
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*pʰɯːŋ
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倗
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*pʰɯːŋʔ, *bɯːŋ, *bɯːŋs
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朋
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*bɯːŋ
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鵬
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*bɯːŋ
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棚
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*bɯːŋ, *brɯːŋ, *brɯːŋ
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鬅
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*bɯːŋ
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掤
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*pɯŋ
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淜
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*bɯŋ
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輣
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*brɯːŋ, *brɯːŋ
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繃
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*prɯːŋ, *prɯːŋ
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弸
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*pʰrɯːŋ, *brɯːŋ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- piⁿ/peⁿ - vernacular;
- png/peng - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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繃
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bēng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pɛng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁrəŋ/
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English
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to bind around
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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繃
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繃
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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9674
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9679
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Phonetic component
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朋
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朋
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Rime group
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蒸
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蒸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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繃
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繃
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Old Chinese
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/*prɯːŋ/
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/*prɯːŋ/
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Definitions
繃
- to stretch; to draw firmly; to strap
- to brace; to taut
- (of an object) to spring up; to bounce
- (literary, or in compounds, crafts) embroidery frame
- (literary, or in compounds) bed frame
- sling, piece of cloth used to carry a baby on one's back
- (dialectal) to swindle; to cheat
- (Internet slang) Short for 繃不住/绷不住 (bēngbùzhù, “to burst out laughing”).
Synonyms
- (embroidery frame): 繃子/绷子 (bēngzi)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
繃
- to strain one's muscles
- to pull one's face
- (Cantonese) to stretch, to set up (a mosquito net, a banner, etc)
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 掹 (“to pull”)
Synonyms
- (to stiffen one's face): 板 (bǎn)
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
繃
- (chiefly Beijing and Southwestern Mandarin, Jin) to split open; to crack; alternative form of 迸 (bèng)
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 4
Some compounds are attested at least since Ming dynasty. May be related to 綁/绑 (bǎng) (in 緊綁綁/紧绑绑) used in Yuan era plays.
Mandarin dialects generally use reduplicated 邦 (bāng) instead (e.g. in 硬邦邦 (yìngbāngbāng)), also spelled 梆 (bāng) or 幫/帮 (bāng). See also Hokkien 迸 (piàng) (in 硬迸迸 (ngē-piàng-piàng), 緊迸迸/紧迸迸 (kín-piàng-piàng), etc.).
- very; terribly
- Same as above, but without reduplication. Used prepositively in a few collocations. Most Standard Chinese dictionaries nominally assign the bèng reading to this sense and merge it with Etymology 3, but Northeastern Mandarin and Xiang dialects where it is actually used have the dark level tone for it (corresponding to Beijing Mandarin bēng). See also 迸 (bèng, “(dialectal Mandarin) very dry; crisp; brittle”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
繃
- (chiefly Wu, Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin, in reduplication) intensifier used in ideophones
- (Wu, Xiang, dialectal Mandarin) very; terribly
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
繃
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
繃 • (bung) (hangeul 붕, revised bung, McCune–Reischauer pung, Yale pung)
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Vietnamese
Han character
繃: Hán Nôm readings: banh, băng, bắng
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