蝙

蝙

蝙 U+8759, 蝙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8759 ← 蝘 [U+8758] CJK Unified Ideographs 蝚 → [U+875A]

Translingual

Han character

蝙 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹尸月 (LIHSB) or 中戈戈尸月 (LIISB), four-corner 5312₇, composition ⿰虫扁)

References

• KangXi: page 1089, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33271
• Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2873, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8759

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Chinese

trad.		蝙
simp. #		蝙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): biān, biǎn (bian¹, bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): bian³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): pin¹, bin¹, bin²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ben²

• Gan (Wiktionary): bien³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phiên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): biên³

• Min Bei (KCR): bǐng
• Min Dong (BUC): biēng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pian / pián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): piang¹ / piêng¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T1)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): bienn³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bian
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹
    • Yale: byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pien³
    • Yale: byǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bian³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin¹, bin¹, bin²
    • Yale: pīn, bīn, bín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹, bin¹, bin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹, bin¹, bin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵/, /piːn⁵⁵/, /piːn³⁵/

Note: bin1, bin2 - rare.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ben²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pen⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: pien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: biên³
    • Sinological IPA: /piɛn³¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian
    • Tâi-lô: pian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piefn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián
    • Tâi-lô: pián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piern
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /piɛn⁵³/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
  • pian - literary;
  • pián - colloquial variant.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: piang¹ / piêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiang / phieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiaŋ³³/, /pʰieŋ³³/

Note:

• piang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang;
• piêng1 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pi (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bienn³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piẽ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pen/

Rime
Character	蝙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	布玄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/pen/
Wang Li	/pien/
Bernard Karlgren	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蝙
Reading #	1/1
No.	725
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邊
Old Chinese	/*peːn/

Definitions

蝙

1. Only used in 蝙蝠 (biānfú, “bat”).

Compounds

蝙蝠 (biānfú)

蝙蝠人

蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

References

• “蝙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

蝙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bat

Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: こうもり (kōmori, 蝙)^{←かうもり (kaumori, historical)}

Compounds

• 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori), 蝙蝠(かわほり) (kawahori), 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku): bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

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Korean

Hanja

蝙 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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