爿

See also: 丬 and 뉘

爿	U+723F, 爿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723F

← 爾
[U+723E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

牀 →
[U+7240]

⽙	U+2F59, ⽙ KANGXI RADICAL HALF TREE TRUNK

← ⽘
[U+2F58]

Kangxi Radicals

⽚ →
[U+2F5A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

爿 (Kangxi radical 90, 爿+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女中一 (VLM), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰⿱𠃊丆丨)

Kangxi radical #90, ⽙.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/爿
𢪫, 𤕭, 𡉟, 壯, 妝, 𢍿, 戕, 𢪇, 斨, 狀, 𧢼, 𨟻, 將, 𩡽, 𧌜, 𩿄, 𪧇
疒, 𤕫, 臧

References

KangXi: page 691, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19758
Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 1
Unihan data for U+723F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爿
Shang		Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	kaːl, ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	zaːŋ, zaːŋs
奘	zaːŋʔ, zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	ʔsaŋ, ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	ʔsaŋ, ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	sʰaŋ, ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	braːn, zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	ʔsraŋ, ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	rnɯːɡ, zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Pictogram (象形) - a bed. The original form of 牀 (OC *zraŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		爿
alternative forms		畔 Min Nan 旁 Hokkien 平 Hokkien 𤕪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pán (pan²)
(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶
Min Dong (BUC): bèng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pêng / pûiⁿ
(Teochew, Peng'im): boin⁵ / bain⁵ / puang⁵ / puêng⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): be (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pán
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pán
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan²
  - Yale: pán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
  - Palladius: пань (panʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan⁶
  - Yale: baahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
  - Tâi-lô: pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puĩ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: boin⁵ / bain⁵ / puang⁵ / puêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pôiⁿ / pâiⁿ / phuâng / phuêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /põĩ⁵⁵/, /pãĩ⁵⁵/, /pʰuaŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰueŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

boin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
bain5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang;
puang5/puêng5 - literary (puêng5 - Chaozhou}.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: be (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥e̞²³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*braːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爿
Reading #	1/2
No.	9739
Phonetic component	片
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*braːn/
Notes	𤖭今字

Definitions

爿

(dialectal) piece of wood or bamboo (made by chopping)
(Hokkien) thin piece; slice
(Min Nan, Min Dong) side
東爿／东爿 [Hokkien] ― tong-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― east; east side
這爿／这爿 [Hokkien] ― chit-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― here; this side
後爿／后爿 [Teochew] ― ao⁶ boin⁵ [Peng'im] ― rear; back
(Hokkien, Min Dong, linguistics) radical
(dialectal) Classifier for fields.
(dialectal) Classifier for shops, factories, etc.
(Hokkien) Classifier for slices.

Compounds

北爿
南爿

西爿

東爿／东爿

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		爿
alternative forms		丬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiáng (qiang²)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang²
  - Yale: chyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
  - Palladius: цян (cjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴
  - Yale: chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: congˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	爿
Reading #	2/2
No.	10301
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	牆
Old Chinese	/*zaŋ/
Notes	依段注說文補，五經文字音牆，甲文爲牀字

Definitions

爿

^† piece of wood (made by chopping)

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #1224”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

爿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

The radical 90, which means half a tree trunk or cut wood (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical 90)

Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
Kun: だい (dai); きぎれ (kigire)

Korean

Hanja

爿 (eumhun 나뭇조각 장 (namutjogak jang))

Vietnamese

Han character

爿: Hán Nôm readings: tường

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