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Translingual
Han character
扁 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT) or 戈尸月廿 (ISBT) or 難戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 30227, composition ⿸戶冊(KT) or ⿸户冊(GH) or ⿸戸冊(J))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 415, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11724
- Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2261, character 11
- Unihan data for U+6241
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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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 戶 (“door”) + 冊 (“bamboo tablets”) – to inscribe on the door, or two things that are flat and thin.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyar (“flat, thin”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- bēng - vernacular;
- biēng - literary.
Note:
- bang3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁食);
- bue3/buiⁿ3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁擔);
- beng3 - literary.
Note:
- píⁿ/pín/pún - vernacular;
- pián - literary.
Note:
- bin2 - vernacular;
- biang2/biêng2 - literary (biêng2 - Chaozhou).
Rime
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Character
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扁
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扁
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扁
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Reading #
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2/4
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4/4
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3/4
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Initial (聲)
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幫 (1)
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並 (3)
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並 (3)
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Final (韻)
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先 (85)
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仙 (77)
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先 (85)
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Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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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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IV
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III
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IV
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Fanqie
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方典切
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符善切
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薄泫切
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Baxter
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penX
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bjienX
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benX
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/penX/
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/biᴇnX/
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/benX/
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Pan Wuyun
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/penX/
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/biɛnX/
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/benX/
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Shao Rongfen
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/pɛnX/
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/bjænX/
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/bɛnX/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/pɛnX/
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/bianX/
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/bɛnX/
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Li Rong
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/penX/
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/biɛnX/
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/benX/
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Wang Li
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/pienX/
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/bĭɛnX/
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/bienX/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/pienX/
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/bʱi̯ɛnX/
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/bʱienX/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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biǎn
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biàn
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biàn
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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bin2
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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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扁
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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biǎn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ penX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁeʔ/
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English
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flat and thin
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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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扁
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扁
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扁
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Reading #
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3/4
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2/4
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4/4
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No.
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732
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724
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744
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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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編
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楩
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辮
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Old Chinese
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/*peːnʔ/
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/*benʔ/
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/*beːnʔ/
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Definitions
扁
- flat and thin (like a pancake)
- 踩扁 ― cǎibiǎn ― to trample flat
- to inscribe on the door
- to curl one's lips
- to underestimate; to underrate
- (dialectal) to beat; to give someone a good beating
- 海扁 [dialectal Mandarin] ― hǎi biǎn ― to beat someone tremendously
- 欠扁 ― qiànbiǎn ― to deserve beating
- (dialectal) to hide in the waist
- Original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
- a surname
See also
- 薄 (bó)
- 平 (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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扁
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Reading #
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1/4
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No.
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715
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Phonetic component
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扁
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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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篇
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰen/
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Definitions
扁
- small; little; narrow
- Alternative form of 偏 (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 萹 (“knotgrass; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 萹). |
Notes: |
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 藊. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 藊). |
Notes: |
Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 稨. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 稨). |
Notes: |
Japanese
Kanji
扁
(Hyōgai kanji)
- flat (adjective)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
扁 (eumhun 작을 편 (jageul pyeon))
- hanja form? of 편 (“small; flat”)
Compounds
Tày
Noun
扁 (ben)
- Nôm form of ben (“pack; bundle”).
Verb
扁 (ben)
- Nôm form of ben (“to wrap around”).
七眉扁𦙫眉咀- Chết mì ben, chiêng mì thó
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Han character
扁: Hán Việt readings: biển[1][2][3][4][5], thiên[3][4][5], biên[3]
扁: Nôm readings: biển[1][2], bên[2], bẽn[2], thiên[2]
- chữ Hán form of biển (“flat, thin”).
References