匾

匾 U+533E, 匾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533E ← 匽 [U+533D] CJK Unified Ideographs 匿 → [U+533F]

Translingual

Han character

匾 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹尸月 (SHSB) or 尸戈尸月 (SISB), four-corner 7171₂, composition ⿷匚扁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2689
• Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 88, character 3
• Unihan data for U+533E

Chinese

trad.		匾
simp. #		匾

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (扁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
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

Etymology

From 扁 (OC *peːnʔ, “flat”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pién
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pín / pián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing² / biang² / biêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pien³
    • Yale: byǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin²
    • Yale: bín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pién
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pín
    • Tâi-lô: pín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pin⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián
    • Tâi-lô: pián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /piɛn⁵³/

Note:

• pín - vernacular;
• pián - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bing² / biang² / biêng²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: píng / piáng / piéng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵²/, /piaŋ⁵²/, /pieŋ⁵²/

Note:

• bing2 - vernacular;
• biang2/biêng2 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: penX

Rime
Character	匾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	方典切
Baxter	penX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/penX/
Pan Wuyun	/penX/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛnX/
Li Rong	/penX/
Wang Li	/pienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匾
Reading #	1/1
No.	733
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	編
Old Chinese	/*peːnʔ/

Definitions

匾

1. ^† flat
2. horizontal inscribed board; plaque; silk banner embroidered with eulogy
3. a kind of round shallow basket

Synonyms

• (horizontal inscribed board):

• 匾額／匾额 (biǎn'é)
• 榜額／榜额 (bǎng'é)
• 牌匾 (páibiǎn)
• 額／额

 

Compounds

• 匾匾的
• 匾扎
• 匾打側卓／匾打侧卓
• 匾擔／匾担
• 匾短
• 匾窄
• 匾聯／匾联
• 匾額／匾额 (biǎn'é)
• 匾食
• 橫匾／横匾
• 牌匾 (páibiǎn)
• 賀匾／贺匾
• 躧匾稱鉈／𰸐匾称铊

 

Japanese

Kanji

匾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen)
• Kun: うすい (usui); ひらたい (hiratai); がく (gaku)

Korean

Hanja

匾 (eum 편 (pyeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匾: Hán Nôm readings: biển

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