彬

See also: 斌

彬	U+5F6C, 彬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F6C

← 彫
[U+5F6B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彭 →
[U+5F6D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

彬 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹竹 (DDHH), four-corner 4292₂, composition ⿰林彡)

Derived characters edit

𬈥, 𪹡, 𧈇, 霦, 𪬟

Related characters edit

斌 (Variant form used in given names)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9996
Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 854, character 15
Unihan data for U+5F6C

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		彬
alternative forms		斌邠

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
虨	prɯːn, prɯn, *pʰrɯn
彬	*prɯn
霦	*prɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 焚 (OC *bun) + semantic 彡.

Alternatively may be phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯn) : abbreviated phonetic 棼 (OC *bɯn) + semantic 彡.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīn (bin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pîn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pin

(Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bin
  - Wade–Giles: pin¹
  - Yale: bīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bin
  - Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ban¹
  - Yale: bān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: bin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pin²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
  - Tâi-lô: pin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: pin

Rime
Character	彬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府巾切
Baxter	pin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/pien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjin/
Li Rong	/pjĕn/
Wang Li	/pǐĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*prɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彬
Reading #	1/1
No.	826
Phonetic component	彬
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	彬
Old Chinese	/*prɯn/
Notes	說文份古文

Definitions edit

彬

elegant; refined
a surname

Synonyms edit

(elegant):

優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
古雅 (gǔyǎ)
嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
文雅 (wényǎ)
文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
斯文 (sīwén)
斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
高尚 (gāoshàng)
高雅 (gāoyǎ)

Antonyms edit

(antonym(s) of "elegant"):

低下 (dīxià)
低俗 (dīsú)
低級／低级 (dījí)
俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
卑俗 (bēisú)
庸俗 (yōngsú)
鄙俗 (bǐsú)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 彬

彬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

refined

Readings edit

Go-on: ひん (hin); ふん (fun)
Kan-on: ひん (hin); ふん (fun)
Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 彬らか); うるわしい (uruwashī, 彬しい)
Nanori: あきら (akira); あき (aki); よし (yoshi)

Proper noun edit

彬(あきら) • (Akira)

a male given name

Korean edit

Hanja edit

彬 (eumhun 빛날 빈 (binnal bin))

bright

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

彬: Hán Nôm readings: băn, bận, bân

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References edit

Nom Foundation

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