楩

楩

楩 U+6969, 楩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6969 ← 楨 [U+6968] CJK Unified Ideographs 楪 → [U+696A]

Translingual

Han character

楩 (radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木人一大 (DOMK), four-corner 4194₆, composition ⿰木便)

References

• KangXi: page 540, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15165
• Dae Jaweon: page 928, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1251, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6969

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		楩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (便) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鞭	*pen
鯾	*pen
箯	*pen, *ben
便	*ben, *bens
緶	*ben, *peːnʔ
楩	*ben, *benʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pián (pian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pián
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ
    • Wade–Giles: p'ien²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pián
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰjɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin⁴
    • Yale: pìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /biᴇn/, /biᴇn^X/▼

Rime
Character	楩	楩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	房連切	符善切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biᴇn/	/biᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/biɛn/	/biɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/bjæn/	/bjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bian/	/bianX/
Li Rong	/biɛn/	/biɛnX/
Wang Li	/bĭɛn/	/bĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛn/	/bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián	biàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ben/, /*benʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楩	楩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	775	777
Phonetic component	便	便
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	便	楩
Old Chinese	/*ben/	/*benʔ/

Definitions

楩

1. (archaic) a kind of tree

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Japanese

Kanji

楩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen), べん (ben)