聘

聘

聘 U+8058, 聘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8058 ← 聗 [U+8057] CJK Unified Ideographs 聙 → [U+8059]

Translingual

Han character

聘 (radical 128, 耳+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 尸十中田尸 (SJLWS), four-corner 1512₇, composition ⿰耳甹)

References

• KangXi: page 967, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29079
• Dae Jaweon: page 1417, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2789, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8058

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		聘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
俜	*pʰleːŋ, *pʰleŋs
甹	*pʰleːŋ
聘	*pʰleŋs
娉	*pʰleŋs
騁	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
梬	*leŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìn, pìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³
• Min Bei (KCR): pēng
• Min Nan (POJ): phèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: pìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade–Giles: p'in⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinn
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: pìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˋ
    • Wade–Giles: p'ing⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinq
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping³
    • Yale: ping
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping³
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pēng
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰeiŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèng
    • Tâi-lô: phìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰiᴇŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	聘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	匹正切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiajŋH/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pìng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.leŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰleŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pìn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjiengH ›
Old Chinese	/*p.leŋ-s/
English	inquire; invite
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	聘
Reading #	1/1
No.	9807
Phonetic component	甹
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	聘
Old Chinese	/*pʰleŋs/

Definitions

聘

1. (historical) to visit a state as an envoy
2. to engage; to employ
3. to betroth
4. (colloquial) to get married (as a girl); to marry off (a daughter)

Compounds

三媒六聘 下聘 (xiàpìn) 出聘 (chūpìn) 受聘 回聘 (huípìn) 報聘／报聘 增聘 席珍待聘 延聘 (yánpìn) 徵聘／征聘 (zhēngpìn) 應聘／应聘 (yìngpìn) 招聘 (zhāopìn) 招聘會／招聘会 (zhāopìnhuì) 敦聘 替聘 朝聘

求聘 獲聘／获聘 (huòpìn) 男婚女聘 禮聘／礼聘 納聘／纳聘 續聘／续聘 羅聘／罗聘 聘任 (pìnrèn) 聘任制 聘僱／聘雇 聘召 聘問／聘问 聘姑娘 (pìngūniang) 聘嫁 聘定

聘書／聘书 (pìnshū) 聘用 (pìnyòng) 聘用人員／聘用人员 聘禮／聘礼 (pìnlǐ) 聘調／聘调 聘請／聘请 (pìnqǐng) 聘金 (pìnjīn) 蘿蔔招聘／萝卜招聘 (luóbo zhāopìn) 行聘 解聘 (jiěpìn) 辭聘／辞聘 返聘 (fǎnpìn) 遴聘 選聘／选聘 關聘／关聘

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Japanese

Kanji

聘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: とう (tou, 聘う); めす (mesu, 聘す)

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Korean

Hanja

聘 • (bing) (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune–Reischauer ping, Yale ping)

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Vietnamese

Han character

聘 (sính, sánh)

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