頒

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 頒. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 頒, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 頒 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 頒 you have here. The definition of the word 頒 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of頒, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 朌 and 颁
頒 U+9812, 頒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9812
← 頑
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頓 →

Translingual

Han character

頒 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹一月金 (CHMBC), four-corner 81286, composition ⿰分頁)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43378
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4362, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9812

Chinese

trad. 頒
simp. 颁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (分) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
扮 *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼 *pʰrɯːns
頒 *praːn, *bɯn
朌 *praːn, *bɯn
鳻 *praːn, *bɯn
份 *prɯn, *bɯns
汃 *pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢 *prɯn
邠 *prɯn
攽 *prɯn
砏 *prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧 *brɯn
湓 *pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆 *bɯːn
葐 *bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋 *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分 *pɯn, *bɯns
吩 *pɯn
粉 *pɯnʔ
黺 *pɯnʔ
芬 *pʰɯn
紛 *pʰɯn
衯 *pʰɯn
棻 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛 *pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰 *pʰɯn
忿 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵 *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾 *bɯn
羒 *bɯn
枌 *bɯn
棼 *bɯn
妢 *bɯn
梤 *bɯn
馚 *bɯn
鼢 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡 *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅 *bɯnʔ
秎 *bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praːn, *bɯn): phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 班 (OC *praːn, “group; to distribute”)?”

Pronunciation

Note: paan1 - variant (rare).
Rime
Character 頒
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 刪 (69)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 布還切
Baxter paen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pˠan/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pᵚan/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/paɨn/
Li
Rong 		/pan/
Wang
Li 		/pan/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pan/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		baan1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 頒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pæn ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁ<r>ə/ (MC F!)
English distribute

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 頒
Reading # 1/2
No. 3130
Phonetic
component 		分
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		班
Old
Chinese 		/*praːn/

Definitions

頒

  1. to confer; to bestow; to grant; to present
    頒獎／颁奖  ―  bānjiǎng  ―  to present a prize
  2. to publish; to promulgate
  3. used in 頒白／颁白

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 頒
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符分切
Baxter bjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɨun/
Pan
Wuyun 		/biun/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bun/
Li
Rong 		/biuən/
Wang
Li 		/bĭuən/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fan4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頒
Reading # 2/2
No. 3169
Phonetic
component 		分
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		汾
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯn/

Definitions

頒

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) having a large head

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

頒

Kyūjitai

頒

Kanji

頒

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. distribute, partition

Readings

  • Go-on: へん (hen)、ぶん (bun)
  • Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)、ふん (fun)
  • Kun: わける (wakeru, 頒ける)、しく (shiku, 頒く)

Korean

Hanja

頒 • (ban, bun) (hangeul 반, 분, revised ban, bun, McCune–Reischauer pan, pun, Yale pan, pun)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

頒: Hán Nôm readings: ban

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia