扁
See also: 碥
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Translingual
| Japanese | 扁 |
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| Simplified | 扁 |
| Traditional | 扁 |
Han character
扁 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT) or 戈尸月廿 (ISBT) or X戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 30227, composition ⿸戶冊 or ⿸户冊 or ⿸戸冊)
Derived characters
- 偏 諞 (谝) 揙 徧 猵 惼 媥 騙 (骗) 編 (编) 楄 犏 牑 斒 煸 碥 稨 褊 蝙 艑 糄 蹁 鍽 鯿 (鳊) 𡎚 㞈 㴜 㻞 䐔 䡢 䭏
- 甂 翩 騗 鶣 㓲 㲢 㼐 萹 篇 匾 遍 㾫
References
- KangXi: page 415, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11724
- Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2261, character 11
- Unihan data for U+6241
Chinese
| trad. | 扁 | |
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| simp. # | 扁 | |
| alternative forms | 𡈯 𡲜 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (扁) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戶／户 (“door”) + 冊／册 (“bamboo tablets”) – to inscribe on the door.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyar (“flat, thin”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
扁
- flat and thin (like a pancake)
- 踩扁 ― cǎibiǎn ― to trample flat
- 呢個枕頭已經坐到扁晒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ni1 go3 zam2 tau4 ji5 ging1 co5 dou3 bin2 saai3. [Jyutping]
- This pillow has become flat from constant use.
呢个枕头已经坐到扁晒。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- to inscribe on the door
- to curl one's lips
- to underestimate; to underrate
- (dialectal) to beat; to give someone a good beating
- (dialectal) to hide in the waist
- Original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
- a surname
See also
- 薄 (bó)
- 平 (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)
Compounds
Derived terms from 扁
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
扁
- small; little; narrow
- Alternative form of 偏 (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 扁
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 萹 (“knotgrass; etc.”). (This character, 扁, is the second-round simplified form of 萹.) |
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 藊. (This character, 扁, is the second-round simplified form of 藊.) |
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Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 稨. (This character, 扁, is the second-round simplified form of 稨.) |
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Japanese
Kanji
扁
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- flat (adjective)
Readings
- Go-on: へん (hen)
- Kan-on: へん (hen)
- Kun: ひらたい (hiratai, 扁たい)
Korean
Hanja
扁 (eumhun 작을 편 (jageul pyeon))
- Hanja form? of 편 (“small; flat”).
Compounds
- 편평 (扁平, pyeonpyeong, “being wide and flat”)
Vietnamese
Han character
扁: Hán Việt readings: biển[1][2][3][4][5], thiên[3][4][5], biên[3]
扁: Nôm readings: biển[1][2], bên[2], bẽn[2], thiên[2]
- chữ Hán form of biển (“flat, thin”).
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Trần (2004).
- Trần (1999).
- Nguyễn (1974).
- Thiều Chửu (1942).