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Translingual
Han character
蝙 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹尸月 (LIHSB) or 中戈戈尸月 (LIISB), four-corner 53127, composition ⿰虫扁)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33271
- Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2873, character 11
- Unihan data for U+8759
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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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): biān, biǎn (bian1, bian3)
- (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bian3
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pin1 / bin1 / bin2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): ben2
- Gan (Wiktionary): bien3
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): phiên
- (Meixian, Guangdong): biên3
- Northern Min (KCR): bǐng
- Eastern Min (BUC): biēng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): pian / pián
- (Teochew, Peng'im): piang1 / piêng1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1pi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn3
Note: bin1, bin2 - rare.
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- pian - literary;
- pián - colloquial variant.
Note:
- piang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
- piêng1 - Chaozhou.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蝙
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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725
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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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邊
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Old
Chinese
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/*peːn/
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Definitions
蝙
- Only used in 蝙蝠 (biānfú, “bat”).
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
蝙
(Hyōgai kanji)
- bat
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
蝙 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)
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