檳

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See also: 梹 and 槟
檳 U+6AB3, 檳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AB3
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Translingual

Han character

檳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木十一金 (DJMC), four-corner 43986, composition ⿰木賓)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 558, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15734
  • Dae Jaweon: page 948, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1310, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6AB3

Chinese

trad. 檳
simp. 槟
alternative forms 㯽
梹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (賓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠙 *biːn, *bin
賓 *mpin
檳 *pin
鑌 *pin
濱 *pin
顮 *pin
儐 *pin, *pins
矉 *pin
擯 *pins
殯 *pins
鬢 *pins
繽 *pʰin
嬪 *bin
薲 *bin
獱 *bin
臏 *binʔ
髕 *binʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pin) : semantic 木 + phonetic 賓 (OC *mpin).

Pronunciation

Note: bīn - standard in Mainland in 香檳／香槟 (xiāngbīn) and 檳子／槟子 (bīnzi).
Note: beng1 - Jieyang.
Rime
Character 檳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 必鄰切
Baxter pjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/piɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pin/
Li
Rong 		/piĕn/
Wang
Li 		/pĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ban1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 檳
Reading # 1/1
No. 838
Phonetic
component 		賓
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		賔
Old
Chinese 		/*pin/

Definitions

檳

  1. Used in compounds.
  2. (Malaysia, Singapore) Short for 檳城／槟城 (Bīngchéng, “Penang, Malaysia”).
    檳市廳／槟市厅  ―  Bīn shìtīng  ―  Municipality of Penang

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

檳

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. betel nut; betel palm tree

Readings

  • On (unclassified): びん (bin)、ひん (hin)
  • Kun: びんろうし (binrōshi)

Korean

Hanja

檳 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

檳: Hán Nôm readings: tân

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