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Translingual
Han character
鞭 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十人一大 (TJOMK), four-corner 41546, composition ⿰革便)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1390, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42937
- Dae Jaweon: page 1904, character 30
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4343, character 6
- Unihan data for U+97AD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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鞭
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*pen
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鯾
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*pen
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箯
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*pen, *ben
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便
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*ben, *bens
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緶
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*ben, *peːnʔ
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楩
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*ben, *benʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *pen) : semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 便 (OC *ben, *bens).
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Note:
- piⁿ - vernacular;
- pian - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bin1 / biang1 / biêng1 / biu1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piⁿ / piang / pieng / piu
- Sinological IPA (key): /pĩ³³/, /piaŋ³³/, /pieŋ³³/, /piu³³/
Note:
- bin1 - vernacular;
- biang1/biêng1 - literary;
- biu1 - colloquial variant.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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鞭
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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biān
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjien ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pe/
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English
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whip (n.)
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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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鞭
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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770
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Phonetic component
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便
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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鞭
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Old Chinese
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/*pen/
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Notes
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便轉註字
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Definitions
鞭
- whip (Classifier: 條/条 c)
- 皮鞭 ― píbiān ― leather whip
- to whip; to flog
- penis of an animal
- 牛鞭 ― niúbiān ― bull pizzle
- (historical) an ancient type of weapon, segmented and made of iron
- 鋼鞭/钢鞭 ― gāngbiān ― a kind of weapon
- string of firecrackers
- 鞭炮 ― biānpào ― firecrackers
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鞭子 (“whip”)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
鞭
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Etymology
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Noun
鞭 • (muchi)
- whip
- 鞭で打つ
- muchi de utsu
- to whip; to flog
Korean
Hanja
鞭 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)
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Vietnamese
Han character
鞭: Hán Nôm readings: tiên, tiệm
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