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偏

偏 U+504F, 偏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-504F
← 偎
[U+504E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 偐 →
[U+5050]

Translingual

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Han character

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偏 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人竹尸月 (OHSB) or 人戈尸月 (OISB), four-corner 23227, composition ⿰亻扁)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 848
  • Dae Jaweon: page 235, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 195, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+504F

Chinese

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trad. 偏
simp. # 偏

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 偏
 
s05832
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
L31886
 
L31887
 
L31888
 
L31889
 
L31890
 
L31891
 
L31892
 
L31893
 
L31894
 
L06717
 
L06718
 
L06719
 
L06720
 
L06721
 
L06722
 
L06723
 
L06724
 
L06725
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰen, *pʰens) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 扁 (OC *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • phian - literary;
  • phiⁿ/pheⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • piêng1 - Chaozhou;
  • piang1 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 偏 偏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 滂 (2) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 仙 (77) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 芳連切 匹戰切
Baxter phjien phjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʰiᴇn/ /pʰiᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʰiɛn/ /pʰiɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pʰjæn/ /pʰjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pʰian/ /pʰianH/
Li
Rong 		/pʰiɛn/ /pʰiɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/pʰĭɛn/ /pʰĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pʰi̯ɛn/ /pʰi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		piān piàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pin1 pin3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 偏
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		piān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ phjien ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰe[n]/
English oblique; subordinate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 偏 偏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 712 718
Phonetic
component 		扁 扁
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		篇 騗
Old
Chinese 		/*pʰen/ /*pʰens/

Definitions

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偏

  1. inclined on one side; slanting; askew
  2. partial; biased; prejudiced; unjust
  3. uncommon; rare; esoteric
  4. remote; faraway; isolated
  5. subordinate; assistant
  6. to deviate from the correct course; to veer from
  7. to deviate from the normal standard
  8. (humble, dialectal) to have meal or drink before others; to use meal; to eat first
  9. wilfully; stubbornly

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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From Teochew 便 (pin1).

Pronunciation

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偏

  1. (Singapore Hokkien) cheap; inexpensive
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 便宜, 賤
Taiwan 便宜
Harbin 便宜, 賤
Malaysia 便宜
Singapore 便宜
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 便宜, 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 便宜, 賤
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 便宜, 賤
Wanrong 便宜, 賤
Xi'an 便宜, 賤
Xining 便宜
Xuzhou 便宜, 賤
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 便宜
Lanzhou 便宜
Ürümqi 便宜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 相因, 便宜
Wuhan 便宜, 相因
Guiyang 相因
Liuzhou 便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 便宜
Yangzhou 便宜, 划廉
Nantong 便宜
Hefei 巧, 便宜
Cantonese Guangzhou 平
Hong Kong 平
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 平
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 平
Macau 平
Guangzhou (Panyu) 平
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 平
Guangzhou (Conghua) 平
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 平
Foshan 平
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 平
Foshan (Shunde) 平
Foshan (Sanshui) 平
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 便宜, 平
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 平
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 平
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 平
Zhuhai (Doumen) 平
Jiangmen (Baisha) 平
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 平
Taishan 平
Kaiping (Chikan) 平
Enping (Niujiang) 平
Heshan (Yayao) 平
Dongguan 平
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 平
Qingyuan 平
Fogang 平
Yingde (Hanguang) 平
Yangshan 平, 便宜
Lianshan (Butian) 平
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 平宜
Shaoguan 平
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 平
Renhua 平, 抵得
Lechang 平
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 平
Sihui 平
Guangning 平枯
Deqing 平
Huaiji 平
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 平
Yunfu 平
Xinxing 平
Luoding 平
Yunan (Pingtai) 平
Yangjiang 平, 平宜
Nanning 平
Yulin 平
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 平
Singapore (Guangfu) 平
Gan Nanchang 便宜
Lichuan 便宜
Pingxiang 便宜
Hakka Meixian 便宜, 平
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 便宜, 平
Dongguan (Qingxi) 平
Boluo (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 平
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 平
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 平
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 便宜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 便宜, 平
Wuhua (Changbu) 平
Wuhua (Mianyang) 便宜
Heyuan (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 便宜
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 便宜
Jiexi 便宜
Yudu 便宜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 便宜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 便宜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 便宜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 便宜
Hong Kong 平
Sabah (Longchuan) 便宜
Senai (Huiyang) 便宜
Singkawang 便宜
Huizhou Jixi 便宜
Jin Taiyuan 便宜, 賤
Xinzhou 便宜, 賤
Northern Min Jian'ou 便宜
Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) 便宜
Songxi 便宜
Zhenghe 便宜
Shunchang (Yangdun) 平
Jianyang 平
Wuyishan 平
Pucheng (Shibei) 便宜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 便宜, 賤
Matsu 便宜
Southern Min Xiamen 俗, 便宜
Quanzhou 俗, 便宜
Zhangzhou 俗, 便宜
Taipei 俗
New Taipei (Sanxia) 俗
Kaohsiung 俗
Yilan 俗, 便宜
Changhua (Lukang) 俗
Taichung 俗
Taichung (Wuqi) 俗
Tainan 俗
Taitung 俗
Hsinchu 俗
Kinmen 俗
Penghu (Magong) 俗, 便宜
Penang (Hokkien) 便宜
Singapore (Hokkien) 偏
Manila (Hokkien) 俗
Chaozhou 便
Shantou 便
Jieyang 便
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 便
Singapore (Teochew) 便
Wenchang 便宜
Haikou 便宜
Qionghai 便宜
Singapore (Hainanese) 便宜
Puxian Min Putian 相因
Xianyou 相因
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 平
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 平
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 平
Wu Shanghai 便宜, 𠼢
Shanghai (Chongming) 便宜, 𠼢
Suzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Danyang 便宜, 賤
Hangzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Ningbo 便宜, 𠼢
Wenzhou 鬆, 便宜
Jinhua 便宜, 賤
Xiang Changsha 便宜
Loudi 便宜
Shuangfeng 便宜, 賤

Japanese

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Shinjitai 偏
Kyūjitai
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偏󠄁
偏+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
偏󠄃
偏+&#xE0103;?
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Kanji

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偏

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Derived terms

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
偏
へん
Grade: S
on'yomi
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Noun

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偏(へん) • (hen) 

  1. the left-hand component of a kanji

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References

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  1. ^ “偏”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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偏 (eum 편 (pyeon))

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Han character

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偏: Hán Nôm readings: thiên, xiên, xen, biến

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