偏

偏	U+504F, 偏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-504F

← 偎
[U+504E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

偐 →
[U+5050]

Translingual

Han character

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

𫣪, 𪝹, 𫤑, 𫣱

References

KangXi: 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

trad.		偏
simp. ^#		偏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偏

**Small seal script**
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, OC *pʰen, *pʰens) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 扁 (OC *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piān (pian¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiên
Min Dong (BUC): piĕng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phian / phiⁿ / pheⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): piêng¹ / piang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): phi (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: piān
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pian
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien¹
  - Yale: pyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
  - Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pin¹
  - Yale: pīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: pien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: piĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian
  - Tâi-lô: phian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvef
  - IPA (Tainan): /pʰẽ⁴⁴/

Note:

phian - literary;
phiⁿ/pheⁿ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: piêng¹ / piang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phieng / phiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰieŋ³³/, /pʰiaŋ³³/

Note:

piêng1 - Chaozhou;
piang1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: phi (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /pʰiᴇn/, /pʰiᴇn^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇn/	/pʰiᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛn/	/pʰiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæn/	/pʰjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰian/	/pʰian^H/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛn/	/pʰiɛn^H/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛn/	/pʰĭɛn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛn/	/pʰi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piān	piàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin¹	pin³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰe[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰen/, /*pʰens/

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

偏

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 偏

一偏 (yīpiān)
不偏不倚 (bùpiānbùyǐ)
以偏概全 (yǐpiāngàiquán)
偏不的
偏低
偏倍
偏倚 (piānyǐ)
偏偏 (piānpiān)
偏僻 (piānpì)
偏光 (piānguāng)
偏出
偏反
偏反者
偏向 (piānxiàng)
偏失
偏好 (piānhǎo)
偏安 (piān'ān)
偏宕
偏室 (piānshì)
偏嵌 (Piānqiàn)
偏巧
偏差 (piānchā)
偏差者
偏待
偏心 (piānxīn)
偏房 (piānfáng)
偏手
偏才
偏拉
偏振 (piānzhèn)
偏振光 (piānzhènguāng)
偏提
偏斜 (piānxié)
偏方 (piānfāng)
偏旁 (piānpáng)
偏析
偏枯
偏格
偏殿
偏流
偏激 (piānjī)
偏生
偏畸
偏疼 (piānténg)

偏盲
偏知
偏私 (piānsī)
偏科 (piānkē)
偏背
偏袒 (piāntǎn)
偏袒扼腕
偏袒搤腕
偏裨
偏要 (piānyào)
偏角
偏言 (piānyán)
偏重 (piānzhòng)
偏阿
偏陪
偏食 (piānshí)
偏高
半偏
吃偏食
打了偏手
打偏手
拉偏架 (lāpiānjià)
日偏食 (rìpiānshí)
有偏
磁偏角
隔二偏三
喂偏食
一偏之見／一偏之见 (yīpiānzhījiàn)
不可偏廢／不可偏废 (bùkě piānfèi)
中藥偏方／中药偏方
偏倖／偏幸
偏光鏡／偏光镜
偏勞／偏劳 (piānláo)
偏口魚／偏口鱼
偏執／偏执 (piānzhí)
偏執症／偏执症
偏墜／偏坠
偏壓／偏压
偏將／偏将
偏差理論／偏差理论
偏差行為／偏差行为
偏師／偏师 (piānshī)
偏廢／偏废 (piānfèi)
偏心輪／偏心轮

偏怪題／偏怪题
偏愛／偏爱 (piān'ài)
偏懷／偏怀
偏棲／偏栖
偏極光／偏极光
偏極光鏡／偏极光镜
偏激之詞／偏激之词
偏濫／偏滥
偏狹／偏狭
偏狹小器／偏狭小器
偏癱／偏瘫 (piāntān)
偏盃／偏杯
偏聽／偏听
偏聽偏信／偏听偏信
偏處／偏处
偏蝕／偏蚀 (piānshí)
偏見／偏见 (piānjiàn, “bias”)
偏誤／偏误 (piānwù)
偏諱／偏讳
偏護／偏护 (piānhù)
偏轉／偏转
偏轉軛／偏转轭
偏遠／偏远 (piānyuǎn)
偏鋒／偏锋
偏錢／偏钱
偏門／偏门 (piānmén)
偏閃／偏闪
偏險／偏险
偏離／偏离 (piānlí)
偏頗／偏颇 (piānpō)
偏頭痛／偏头痛 (piāntóutòng)
偏題／偏题
吃偏飯／吃偏饭
形聲偏旁／形声偏旁 (xíngshēng piānpáng)
打過偏手／打过偏手
日偏蝕／日偏蚀
無偏無倚／无偏无倚
無偏無陂／无偏无陂
無偏無黨／无偏无党
無黨無偏／无党无偏
禍福無偏／祸福无偏
種族偏見／种族偏见
補偏救弊／补偏救弊 (bǔpiānjiùbì)
諧聲偏旁／谐声偏旁

Etymology 2

From Teochew 便 (pin1).

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): phiⁿ

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: phinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvy
  - IPA (Singapore): /pʰĩ⁴⁴/

Definitions

偏

(Singapore Hokkien) cheap; inexpensive

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Mandarin	Beijing	便宜, 賤
	Taiwan	便宜
	Harbin	便宜, 賤
	Yantai (Muping)	便宜, 賤
	Jinan	便宜, 賤
	Luoyang	便宜, 賤
	Wanrong	便宜, 賤
	Xi'an	便宜, 賤
	Yinchuan	便宜
	Lanzhou	便宜
	Xining	便宜
	Ürümqi	便宜
	Wuhan	便宜, 相因
	Chengdu	相因, 便宜
	Guiyang	相因
	Liuzhou	便宜
	Xuzhou	便宜, 賤
	Yangzhou	便宜, 划廉
	Nanjing	便宜
	Hefei	巧, 便宜
	Nantong	便宜
	Malaysia	便宜
	Singapore	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)	平
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Jin	Xinzhou	便宜, 賤
Min Bei	Jian'ou	便宜
Min Dong	Fuzhou	便宜, 賤
Min Dong	Matsu	便宜
Min Nan	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	相因
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	平
Zhongshan Min	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, 賤
	Ningbo	便宜
	Wenzhou	鬆, 便宜
	Jinhua	便宜, 賤
Xiang	Changsha	便宜
	Loudi	便宜
	Shuangfeng	便宜, 賤

Japanese

Shinjitai	偏
Kyūjitai [1]	偏󠄁 偏+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	偏󠄃 偏+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

偏

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kun: かたよる (katayoru, 偏る, Jōyō); かたほ (kataho, 偏); かたより (katayori, 偏り); こずむ (kozumu, 偏む)^{←こづむ (kodumu, historical)}; ひとえに (hitoeni, 偏に)^{←ひとへに (fitofeni, historical)}
Nanori: つら (tsura); とも (tomo); ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

Derived terms

不偏(ふへん) (fuhen)
普偏(ふへん) (fuhen)
偏愛(へんあい) (hen'ai)
周波数偏移(しゅうはすうへんい) (shūhasūhen'i)
偏奇(へんき) (henki)
偏狂(へんきょう) (henkyō)
偏屈(へんくつ) (henkutsu), 偏窟
偏見(へんけん) (henken)
偏光(へんこう) (henkō)
偏向(へんこう) (henkō)
偏好(へんこう) (henkō)
偏差(へんさ) (hensa)
偏在(へんざい) (henzai)
偏執(へんしゅう) (henshū)
偏斜(へんしゃ) (hensha)
偏重(へんちょう) (henchō)
偏食(へんしょく) (henshoku)
偏心(へんしん) (henshin)
偏針(へんしん) (henshin)
偏人(へんじん) (henjin)
偏頗(へんぱ) (henpa)
偏性(へんせい) (hensei)
偏西風(へんせいふう) (henseifū)
偏土(へんど) (hendo)
偏頭痛(へんずつう) (henzutsū)
偏波(へんぱ) (henpa)
偏微分(へんびぶん) (henbibun)
偏平(へんぺい) (henpei)
偏癖(へんぺき) (henpeki)
偏癖(へんぺき) (henpeki)
偏片(かたはら) (katahara)
偏辺(かたほとり) (katahotori)
偏流(へんりゅう) (henryū)
偏旁(へんぼう) (henbō)
獣偏(けものへん) (kemonohen)
人偏(にんべん) (ninben)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
偏
へん Grade: S
on’yomi

Related terms

偏降り
偏照り

Noun

偏(へん) • (hen)

the left-hand component of a kanji

Coordinate terms

旁(つくり) (tsukuri): the right-hand component

References

“偏”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Hanja

偏 (eum 편 (pyeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

偏: Hán Nôm readings: thiên, xiên, xen

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[1] “偏”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023