嚬

嚬 U+56AC, 嚬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56AC ← 嚫 [U+56AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 嚭 → [U+56AD]

Translingual

Han character

嚬 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口卜竹金 (RYHC), four-corner 6108₆, composition ⿰口頻)

1. knit the brows
2. open the mouth
3. clover fern

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4562
• Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 701, character 21
• Unihan data for U+56AC

Chinese

trad.		嚬
simp.		𫫾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
瀕	*pin, *bin
頻	*bin
顰	*bin
蘋	*bin
嚬	*bin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bin) : semantic 口 + phonetic 頻 (OC *bin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pín (pin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pín
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pín
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²
    • Yale: pín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyn
    • Palladius: пинь (pinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴
    • Yale: pàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjin

Rime
Character	嚬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符眞切
Baxter	bjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/bin/
Shao Rongfen	/bjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bin/
Li Rong	/biĕn/
Wang Li	/bĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚬
Reading #	1/1
No.	9800
Phonetic component	頻
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	頻
Old Chinese	/*bin/

Definitions

嚬

1. (dated) Alternative form of 顰／颦 (pín, “to frown; frown”)

   • 薄酒酸苦，賓主嚬蹙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     薄酒酸苦，宾主𫫾蹙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version

     Bójiǔ suānkǔ, bīnzhǔ píncù. [Pinyin]

     Bad wine (sic) is sour and bitter. Hosts and guests knit the brows.

   • 借問女郎何𠁅來？含嚬欲語聲先咽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     借问女郎何处来？含𫫾欲语声先咽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 883, Wei Zhuang (韋莊), Lament of the Woman of Ch’in (《秦婦吟》). Orthography based on the Dunhuang manuscript Pelliot chinois 3381, c. 906.

     Jièwèn nǚláng héchù lái? Hánpín yùyǔ shēng xiān yè. [Pinyin]

     I ventured to ask, "Lady, where are you from?"
     Brows knit, failed by words, she burst into sobs.

Compounds

• 嚬著／𫫾著

 

Usage notes

Some historical dictionaries listed the sense "to smile" under the character by misinterpreting its usage in poetry.

Japanese

Kanji

嚬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. frown
2. scowl

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひん (hin); びん (bin)
• Kun: ひそめる (hisomeru)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. frown

Vietnamese

Han character

嚬: Hán Nôm readings: tần

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References

• Nom Foundation