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Translingual
Han character
嬪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女十一金 (VJMC), four-corner 43486, composition ⿰女賓)
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6819
- Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1087, character 19
- Unihan data for U+5B2A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蠙
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*biːn, *bin
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賓
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*mpin
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檳
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*pin
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鑌
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*pin
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濱
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*pin
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顮
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*pin
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儐
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*pin, *pins
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矉
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*pin
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擯
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*pins
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殯
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*pins
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鬢
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*pins
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繽
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*pʰin
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嬪
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*bin
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薲
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*bin
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獱
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*bin
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臏
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*binʔ
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髕
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*binʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *bin) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 賓 (OC *mpin) – a kind of woman, a court lady or maid. 賓 also means “obey, submit”, hence connotations of “an obedient woman, a maid”.
Etymology
Endopassive form of 賓 (OC *mpin, “to receive like a guest”).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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嬪
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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849
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Phonetic component
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賓
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Rime group
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眞
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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頻
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Old Chinese
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/*bin/
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Definitions
嬪
- (historical) court lady
- (historical) palace maid
- (archaic) a posthumous name for wives in Zhou ritual
生曰父、曰母、曰妻,死曰考、曰妣、曰嬪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
生曰父、曰母、曰妻,死曰考、曰妣、曰嫔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shēng yuē fù, yuē mǔ, yuē qī, sǐ yuē kǎo, yuē bǐ, yuē pín.
- While they are alive, the names of father, mother, and wife are used; when they are dead, those of "the completed one", "the corresponding one", and "the honoured one".
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
嬪
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 娦)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 嬪 (MC bjin). Recorded as Middle Korean 비ᇰ (ping) (Yale: ping) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
嬪 (eumhun 아내 빈 (anae bin))
- hanja form? of 빈 (“court lady”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
嬪: Hán Nôm readings: tần
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