advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself |
clever; pretty; place where supreme bestows books | ||
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trad. (便嬛) | 便 | 嬛 | |
simp. #(便嬛) | 便 | 嬛 |
Rime | |||
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Character | 便 | 嬛 | 嬛 |
Reading # | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/3 |
Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 曉 (32) | 影 (34) |
Final (韻) | 仙 (77) | 仙 (78) | 仙 (78) |
Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Open | Closed | Closed |
Division (等) | III | III | III |
Fanqie | 婢面切 | 許緣切 | 於緣切 |
Baxter | bjienH | xjwien | 'jwien |
Reconstructions | |||
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/biᴇnH/ | /hiuᴇn/ | /ʔiuᴇn/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/biɛnH/ | /hʷiɛn/ | /ʔʷiɛn/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/bjænH/ | /xjuæn/ | /ʔjuæn/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/bianH/ | /hwian/ | /ʔwian/ |
Li Rong |
/biɛnH/ | /xiuɛn/ | /ʔiuɛn/ |
Wang Li |
/bĭɛnH/ | /xĭwɛn/ | /ĭwɛn/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱi̯ɛnH/ | /xi̯wɛn/ | /ʔi̯wɛn/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
biàn | xuān | yuān |
Expected Cantonese Reflex |
bin6 | hyun1 | jyun1 |
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 便 |
Reading # | 1/2 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
biàn |
Middle Chinese |
‹ bjienH › |
Old Chinese |
/*[b]e[n]-s/ |
English | comfortable; advantageous |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
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Character | 便 | 嬛 | 嬛 |
Reading # | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/3 |
No. | 778 | 16248 | 16251 |
Phonetic component |
便 | 睘 | 睘 |
Rime group |
元 | 元 | 元 |
Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
便 | 翾 | 娟 |
Old Chinese |
/*bens/ | /*qʰʷen/ | /*qʷen/ |
便嬛