聘

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聘 U+8058, 聘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8058
← 聗
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 聙 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 967, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29079
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1417, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2789, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8058

Chinese

trad. 聘
simp. # 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
Baxter phjiengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰiajŋH/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiɛŋH/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭɛŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ping3
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. * 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

  1. (historical) to visit a state as an envoy
  2. to engage; to employ
  3. (alt. form 娉) to betroth; to send with betrothal gifts
  4. (colloquial) to get married (as a girl); to marry off (a daughter)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

聘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
  • Kan-on: へい (hei)
  • Kun: とう (tou, 聘う)、めす (mesu, 聘す)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

聘: Hán Nôm readings: sính, sánh

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