彬

See also: 斌

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

← 彫
[U+5F6B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彭 →
[U+5F6D]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

𬈥, 𪹡, 𧈇, 霦, 𪬟

Related characters

斌 (Variant form used in given names)

References

KangXi: 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

simp. and trad.		彬
alternative forms		斌邠

Glyph origin

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

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

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

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīn (bin¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pîn
Min Nan
(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)⁺
  - 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/
Min Nan
- (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: /pˠiɪn/

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
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

彬

elegant; refined
a surname

Synonyms

(elegant):

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Synonyms of 彬

典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
古雅 (gǔyǎ)
幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
文雅 (wényǎ)
斯文 (sīwén)

斯文胎胎 (Sichuan)
斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
酥巧 (Min Nan)
雅相 (Xiang)
高尚 (gāoshàng)

高雅 (gāoyǎ)
優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)

Antonyms

(elegant):

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低下 (dīxià)
低俗 (dīsú)
俗骨 (Cantonese)
卑俗 (bēisú)

庸俗 (yōngsú)
鄙俗 (bǐsú)
鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

低級／低级 (dījí)
俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)

Compounds

彬彬 (bīnbīn)
彬彬君子
彬蔚
江彬

璘彬 (línbīn)
大彬壺／大彬壶
彬彬文質／彬彬文质

彬彬有禮／彬彬有礼 (bīnbīnyǒulǐ)
文質彬彬／文质彬彬 (wénzhìbīnbīn)
濟濟彬彬／济济彬彬

Japanese

Kanji

彬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

refined

Readings

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

彬(あきら) • (Akira)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

彬 (eumhun 빛날 빈 (binnal bin))

bright

Vietnamese

Han character

彬: Hán Nôm readings: băn, bận, bân

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References

Nom Foundation