砭

砭

砭 U+782D, 砭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-782D ← 砬 [U+782C] CJK Unified Ideographs 砮 → [U+782E]

Translingual

Han character

砭 (radical 112, 石+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹戈人 (MRHIO), four-corner 1263₇, composition ⿰石乏)

1. stone needle used in acupuncture
2. nip
3. pierce
4. treat and cure
5. stab

References

• KangXi: page 829, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24110
• Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2421, character 2
• Unihan data for U+782D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		砭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
砭	*prom, *proms
貶	*promʔ
窆	*proms
泛	*pʰoms, *bob
姂	*pʰoms, *bob, *kpʰob
䒦	*pʰom, *pʰoms
柉	*bom
覂	*poŋʔ
眨	*sproːb
鴔	*brub
乏	*bob

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: biān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇm/, /pˠiᴇm^H/▼

Rime
Character	砭	砭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	府廉切	方驗切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇm/	/pˠiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛm/	/pᵚiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/piæm/	/piæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiam/	/pjiamH/
Li Rong	/pjɛm/	/pjɛmH/
Wang Li	/pĭɛm/	/pĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛm/	/pi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	b-	b-

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*prom/, /*proms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砭	砭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2840	2843
Phonetic component	乏	乏
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	砭	窆
Old Chinese	/*prom/	/*proms/

Definitions

砭

1. pierce
2. stab with needle
3. counsel, advise
4. (literary) providing constructive criticisms and suggestions

Compounds

寒風砭骨／寒风砭骨 攻砭 砭灸

砭石 砭石無效／砭石无效 砭鍼

砭骨 針砭／针砭 (zhēnbiān) 鍼砭

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Japanese

Kanji

砭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. stone probe
2. pierce
3. counsel

Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen)
• Kun: いしばり (ishibari)

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Korean

Hanja

砭 • (pyeom) (hangeul 폄, revised pyeom, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏm, Yale phyem)

1. stone needle

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Vietnamese

Han character

砭 (biếm)

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Readings

• Nôm: bãm, bẫm, biếm, biém, bom, bơm, bờm

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999