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Translingual
Han character
諞 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹尸月 (YRHSB) or 卜口戈尸月 (YRISB), four-corner 03627, composition ⿰訁扁)
- brag, boast
- quibble
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1169, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35703
- Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4002, character 6
- Unihan data for U+8ADE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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斒
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*preːn, *praːn
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鯿
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*praːn, *pen
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編
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*pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
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揙
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*pen
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褊
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*penʔ
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篇
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*pʰen
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偏
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*pʰen, *pʰens
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翩
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*pʰen
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媥
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*pʰen
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扁
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*pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ
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萹
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*pʰen, *peːn, *peːnʔ
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騗
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*pʰens
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騙
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*pʰens
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諞
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*ben, *brenʔ, *benʔ
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楄
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*ben, *beːn
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蝙
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*peːn
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甂
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*peːn
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猵
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*peːn, *binʔ
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牑
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*peːn
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蹁
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*peːn, *beːn
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匾
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*peːnʔ
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碥
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*peːnʔ
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惼
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*peːnʔ
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糄
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*peːnʔ
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徧
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*peːns
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遍
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*peːns
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頨
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*peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan
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艑
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*beːnʔ
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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諞
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諞
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諞
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Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Initial (聲)
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並 (3)
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並 (3)
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並 (3)
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Final (韻)
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仙 (77)
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仙 (79)
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仙 (77)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Rising (X)
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Rising (X)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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房連切
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符蹇切
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符善切
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Baxter
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bjien
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bjenX
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bjienX
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/biᴇn/
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/bˠiᴇnX/
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/biᴇnX/
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Pan Wuyun
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/biɛn/
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/bᵚiɛnX/
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/biɛnX/
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Shao Rongfen
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/bjæn/
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/biænX/
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/bjænX/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/bian/
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/bianX/
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/bianX/
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Li Rong
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/biɛn/
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/bjɛnX/
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/biɛnX/
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Wang Li
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/bĭɛn/
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/bĭɛnX/
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/bĭɛnX/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/bʱi̯ɛn/
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/bʱi̯ɛnX/
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/bʱi̯ɛnX/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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pián
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biàn
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biàn
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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pin4
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bin6
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bin6
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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諞
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諞
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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biàn
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pián
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Middle Chinese
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‹ bjienX ›
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‹ bjien ›
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Old Chinese
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/*eʔ/
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/*e/
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English
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insincere words
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insincere words
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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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諞
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諞
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諞
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Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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No.
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720
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722
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723
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Phonetic component
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扁
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扁
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扁
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Rime group
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元
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元
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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便
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辯
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楩
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Old Chinese
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/*ben/
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/*brenʔ/
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/*benʔ/
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Definitions
諞
- (of speech) sweet but insincere (usually flattering)
- to brag; to boast
References
Japanese
Kanji
諞
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
諞 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
諞: Hán Việt readings: biền[1]
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References