偏
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Translingual
Han character
偏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人竹尸月 (OHSB) or 人戈尸月 (OISB), four-corner 23227, composition ⿰亻扁)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 848
- Dae Jaweon: page 235, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 195, character 10
- Unihan data for U+504F
Chinese
| trad. | 偏 | |
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| simp. # | 偏 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 偏 |
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 s05832 Transcribed ancient scripts  L31886  L31887  L31888  L31889  L31890  L31891  L31892  L31893  L31894  L06717  L06718  L06719  L06720  L06721  L06722  L06723  L06724  L06725 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 斒 | *preːn, *praːn |
| 鯿 | *praːn, *pen |
| 編 | *pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ |
| 揙 | *pen |
| 褊 | *penʔ |
| 篇 | *pʰen |
| 偏 | *pʰen, *pʰens |
| 翩 | *pʰen |
| 媥 | *pʰen |
| 扁 | *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ |
| 萹 | *pʰen, *peːn, *peːnʔ |
| 騗 | *pʰens |
| 騙 | *pʰens |
| 諞 | *ben, *brenʔ, *benʔ |
| 楄 | *ben, *beːn |
| 蝙 | *peːn |
| 甂 | *peːn |
| 猵 | *peːn, *binʔ |
| 牑 | *peːn |
| 蹁 | *peːn, *beːn |
| 匾 | *peːnʔ |
| 碥 | *peːnʔ |
| 惼 | *peːnʔ |
| 糄 | *peːnʔ |
| 徧 | *peːns |
| 遍 | *peːns |
| 頨 | *peːns, *ɢʷaʔ, *qʰʷan |
| 艑 | *beːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰen, *pʰens): semantic 亻 + phonetic 扁 (OC *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ).
Etymology 1
Compare Burmese ဖယ် (hpai, “to go aside, put aside”) (Hill, 2019).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): pin1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiên
- Eastern Min (BUC): piĕng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): peng1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1phi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: piān
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pian
- Wade–Giles: pʻien1
- Yale: pyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
- Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pin1
- Yale: pīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: pin1
- Guangdong Romanization: pin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên
- Hakka Romanization System: pienˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: pian1
- Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: piĕng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰieŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: peng1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: peng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: peng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- phian - literary;
- phiⁿ/pheⁿ - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: piêng1 / piang1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phieng / phiang
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰieŋ³³/, /pʰiaŋ³³/
Note:
- piêng1 - Chaozhou;
- piang1 - Shantou.
- Middle Chinese: phjien, phjienH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰe/
- (Zhengzhang): /*pʰen/, /*pʰens/
Definitions
偏
- inclined on one side; slanting; askew
- partial; biased; prejudiced; unjust
- uncommon; rare; esoteric
- remote; faraway; isolated
- subordinate; assistant
- to deviate from the correct course; to veer from
- to deviate from the normal standard
- (humble, dialectal) to have meal or drink before others; to use meal; to eat first
- wilfully; stubbornly
Compounds
- 一偏 (yīpiān)
- 一偏之見 / 一偏之见 (yīpiānzhījiàn)
- 不偏不倚 (bùpiānbùyǐ)
- 不可偏廢 / 不可偏废 (bùkě piānfèi)
- 中藥偏方 / 中药偏方
- 以偏概全 (yǐpiāngàiquán)
- 偏不的
- 偏低
- 偏倚 (piānyǐ)
- 偏倖 / 偏幸
- 偏倍
- 偏偏 (piānpiān)
- 偏僻 (piānpì)
- 偏光 (piānguāng)
- 偏光鏡 / 偏光镜
- 偏出
- 偏勞 / 偏劳 (piānláo)
- 偏反
- 偏反者
- 偏口魚 / 偏口鱼
- 偏向 (piānxiàng)
- 偏執 / 偏执 (piānzhí)
- 偏執症 / 偏执症
- 偏墜 / 偏坠
- 偏壓 / 偏压
- 偏失
- 偏好
- 偏安 (piān'ān)
- 偏宕
- 偏室 (piānshì)
- 偏將 / 偏将
- 偏嵌 (Piānqiàn)
- 偏巧
- 偏差 (piānchā)
- 偏差理論 / 偏差理论
- 偏差者
- 偏差行為 / 偏差行为
- 偏師 / 偏师 (piānshī)
- 偏幫 / 偏帮
- 偏廢 / 偏废 (piānfèi)
- 偏待
- 偏心 (piānxīn)
- 偏心輪 / 偏心轮
- 偏怪題 / 偏怪题
- 偏愛 / 偏爱 (piān'ài)
- 偏懷 / 偏怀
- 偏房 (piānfáng)
- 偏手
- 偏才
- 偏拉
- 偏振 (piānzhèn)
- 偏振光 (piānzhènguāng)
- 偏提
- 偏斜 (piānxié)
- 偏方 (piānfāng)
- 偏旁 (piānpáng)
- 偏析
- 偏枯
- 偏格
- 偏棲 / 偏栖
- 偏極光 / 偏极光
- 偏極光鏡 / 偏极光镜
- 偏殿
- 偏流
- 偏激 (piānjī)
- 偏激之詞 / 偏激之词
- 偏濫 / 偏滥
- 偏狹 / 偏狭 (piānxiá)
- 偏狹小器 / 偏狭小器
- 偏生 (piānshēng)
- 偏畸
- 偏疼 (piānténg)
- 偏癱 / 偏瘫 (piāntān)
- 偏盃 / 偏杯
- 偏盲
- 偏知
- 偏私 (piānsī)
- 偏科 (piānkē)
- 偏聽 / 偏听
- 偏聽偏信 / 偏听偏信
- 偏背
- 偏處 / 偏处
- 偏蝕 / 偏蚀 (piānshí)
- 偏袒 (piāntǎn)
- 偏袒扼腕
- 偏袒搤腕
- 偏裨
- 偏要 (piānyào)
- 偏見 / 偏见 (piānjiàn, “bias”)
- 偏角
- 偏言 (piānyán)
- 偏誤 / 偏误 (piānwù)
- 偏諱 / 偏讳
- 偏護 / 偏护 (piānhù)
- 偏轉 / 偏转
- 偏轉軛 / 偏转轭
- 偏遠 / 偏远 (piānyuǎn)
- 偏重 (piānzhòng)
- 偏鋒 / 偏锋
- 偏錢 / 偏钱
- 偏門 / 偏门 (piānmén)
- 偏閃 / 偏闪
- 偏關 / 偏关 (Piānguān)
- 偏阿
- 偏陪
- 偏險 / 偏险
- 偏離 / 偏离 (piānlí)
- 偏頗 / 偏颇
- 偏頭痛 / 偏头痛 (piāntóutòng)
- 偏頭關 / 偏头关 (Piāntóuguān)
- 偏題 / 偏题
- 偏食 (piānshí)
- 偏高
- 半偏
- 吃偏食 (chī piānshí)
- 吃偏飯 / 吃偏饭 (chī piānfàn)
- 喂偏食
- 形聲偏旁 / 形声偏旁 (xíngshēng piānpáng)
- 打了偏手
- 打偏手
- 打過偏手 / 打过偏手
- 拉偏架 (lāpiānjià)
- 日偏蝕 / 日偏蚀
- 日偏食 (rìpiānshí)
- 有偏
- 無偏無倚 / 无偏无倚
- 無偏無陂 / 无偏无陂
- 無偏無黨 / 无偏无党
- 無黨無偏 / 无党无偏
- 磁偏角
- 禍福無偏 / 祸福无偏
- 種族偏見 / 种族偏见
- 補偏救弊 / 补偏救弊 (bǔpiānjiùbì)
- 諧聲偏旁 / 谐声偏旁
- 隔二偏三
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiⁿ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: phinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: phvy
- IPA (Singapore): /pʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
Definitions
偏
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”)
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 偏 | |
| Kyūjitai |
偏󠄁 偏+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 偏󠄃 偏+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
偏
Readings
- Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
- Kun: かたよる (katayoru, 偏る, Jōyō)、かたほ (kataho, 偏)、かたより (katayori, 偏り)、こずむ (kozumu, 偏む)←こづむ (kodumu, 偏む, historical)、ひとえに (hitoeni, 偏に)←ひとへに (fitofeni, 偏に, historical)
- Nanori: つら (tsura)、とも (tomo)、ゆき (yuki)
Compounds
Derived terms
- 不偏 (fuhen)
- 普偏 (fuhen)
- 偏愛 (hen'ai)
- 周波数偏移 (shūhasūhen'i)
- 偏奇 (henki)
- 偏狂 (henkyō)
- 偏屈 (henkutsu), 偏窟
- 偏見 (henken)
- 偏光 (henkō)
- 偏向 (henkō)
- 偏好 (henkō)
- 偏差 (hensa)
- 偏在 (henzai)
- 偏執 (henshū)
- 偏斜 (hensha)
- 偏重 (henchō)
- 偏食 (henshoku)
- 偏心 (henshin)
- 偏針 (henshin)
- 偏人 (henjin)
- 偏頗 (henpa)
- 偏性 (hensei)
- 偏西風 (henseifū)
- 偏土 (hendo)
- 偏頭痛 (henzutsū)
- 偏波 (henpa)
- 偏微分 (henbibun)
- 偏平 (henpei)
- 偏癖 (henpeki)
- 偏癖 (henpeki)
- 偏片 (katahara)
- 偏辺 (katahotori)
- 偏流 (henryū)
- 偏旁 (henbō)
- 獣偏 (kemonohen)
- 人偏 (ninben)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 偏 |
| へん Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
Pronunciation
Related terms
Noun
Coordinate terms
- 旁 (tsukuri): the right-hand component
References
- ^ “偏”, in 漢字ぺディア (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
偏: Hán Nôm readings: thiên, xiên, xen, biến
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