辨

辨

See also: 辯, 瓣, 辧, and 辦

辨 U+8FA8, 辨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA8 ← 辧 [U+8FA7] CJK Unified Ideographs 辩 → [U+8FA9]

Translingual

Japanese	弁
Simplified	辨
Traditional	辨

Han character

辨 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜十戈中十 (YJILJ), four-corner 0044₁, composition ⿲辛⿰丿丿辛(GJK) or ⿲辛⿰丶丿辛(HT) or ⿲辛⿰丨丿辛(V))

Derived characters

• 𪭀

References

• KangXi: page 1251, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38657
• Dae Jaweon: page 1731, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4041, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8FA8

---

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
辬	*praːn
瓣	*breːns
辦	*breːns
辨	*breːns, *brenʔ
辡	*prenʔ, *brenʔ
辯	*brenʔ
辮	*beːnʔ

From 辧, a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *breːns, *brenʔ) : phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Etymology

辨 (OC *brenʔ, “divide, distinguish, discriminate, dispute”) and its two exopassive derivatives 釆 (“Literally, “(to cause to be) divided” > discirminate, distinguish”) and 瓣 (OC *breːns, “Literally, “what is divided” > piece, section, segment”) belong to the same word-family, which may be related to either 班 (OC *praːn, “to distribute → to arrange, classify → class, group”) or Mizo pʰel (“to split, cut in halves”) (with medial *-r- dropped after labial initials according to Mizo phonotactics) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		辨
simp. #		辨
2nd round simp.		弁

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàn (bian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien
• Min Bei (KCR): bìng
• Min Dong (BUC): biêng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): piǎn / piān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang⁶ / biêng⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): bi (T3)

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴
    • Yale: byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶
    • Yale: bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien
    • Hakka Romanization System: pien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: biêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛŋ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piǎn
    • Tâi-lô: piǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān
    • Tâi-lô: piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang⁶ / biêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piăng / piĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ³⁵/, /pieŋ³⁵/

Note:

• biang6 - Shantou;
• biêng6 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bi (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥i²³/

---

• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 辨
Mandarin	Beijing	/pian⁵¹/
	Harbin	/pian⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pian⁵³/
	Jinan	/piã²¹/
	Qingdao	/piã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pian³¹²/
	Xi'an	/piã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/piã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/pian¹³/
	Lanzhou	/piɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/pian²¹³/
	Wuhan	/piɛn³⁵/
	Chengdu	/pian¹³/
	Guiyang	/pian²¹³/
	Kunming	/piɛ̃²¹²/
	Nanjing	/pien⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/piĩ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pie⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/pie̞³⁵/
	Hohhot	/pie⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/bi²³/
	Suzhou	/biɪ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/biẽ̞¹³/
	Wenzhou	/bi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰe²²/
	Tunxi	/piɛ²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/piẽ⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/piẽ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰiɛn²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰien⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/pʰien⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pin²²/
	Nanning	/pin²²/
	Hong Kong	/pin²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/pian²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/piɛŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/piŋ⁴²/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/piaŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔbin³³/

---

• Middle Chinese: /bˠiᴇn^X/

Rime
Character	辨
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符蹇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/biænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bianX/
Li Rong	/bjɛnX/
Wang Li	/bĭɛnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]renʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*brenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	辨
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bjenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]renʔ/
English	distinguish
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	辨
Reading #	2/2
No.	785
Phonetic component	辡
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	辯
Old Chinese	/*brenʔ/

Definitions

辨

1. to distinguish; to discriminate

   • 慧士可與辨物，智士可與辨無方，聖人可與辨神明。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     慧士可与辨物，智士可与辨无方，圣人可与辨神明。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shuoyuan, circa 1^st century BCE

     Huìshì kě yù biàn wù, zhìshì kě yù biàn wúfāng, shèngrén kě yù biàn shénmíng. [Pinyin]

     Intelligent men can participate in discussions of ordinary affairs; wise men can participate in discussions of an unlimited range of matters; and sages can participate in discussions of the most rarefied spiritual matters.

Compounds

以盲辨色 分辨 (fēnbiàn) 分辨是非 思辨 (sībiàn) 慎思明辨 折辨 明辨 (míngbiàn) 明辨是非 (míngbiànshìfēi) 眼辨 辨味 辨志 (biànzhì) 辨惑 辨折 辨敏 辨明 (biànmíng) 辨本 辨析 (biànxī)

辨正 (biànzhèng) 辨白 (biànbái) 辨章 辨色 辨裁 辨覈 雌雄莫辨 不辨菽麥／不辨菽麦 (bùbiànshūmài) 以聾辨聲／以聋辨声 口才辨給／口才辨给 手寫辨似／手写辨似 指紋辨識／指纹辨识 易圖明辨／易图明辨 有口難辨／有口难辨 未辨東西／未辨东西 歷歷可辨／历历可辨 真偽莫辨／真伪莫辨

自動辨識／自动辨识 莫辨楮葉／莫辨楮叶 菽麥不辨／菽麦不辨 見貌辨色／见貌辨色 論辨／论辨 辨別／辨别 (biànbié) 辨復／辨复 辨給／辨给 辨處／辨处 辨認／辨认 (biànrèn, “to distinguish, to discriminate”) 辨論／辨论 辨證／辨证 (biànzhèng) 辨識／辨识 (biànshí) 辨駁／辨驳 鑒毛辨色／鉴毛辨色 鑒貌辨色／鉴貌辨色 隸辨／隶辨

Pronunciation 2

trad.		辨
simp. #		辨

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴
    • Yale: bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
    • Palladius: бань (banʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: /bˠɛn^H/

Rime
Character	辨
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	蒲莧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/bænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəɨnH/
Li Rong	/bɛnH/
Wang Li	/bænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baan6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*breːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	辨
Reading #	1/2
No.	783
Phonetic component	辡
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	瓣
Old Chinese	/*breːns/

Definitions

辨

1. ^† to prepare; to equip
2. ^† to administer; to govern; to manage

---

Japanese

Shinjitai	弁
Kyūjitai	辨

Kanji

辨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弁)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: べん (ben)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: わける (wakeru, 辨ける); わきまえる (wakimaeru, 辨える)

Compounds

• 辨官
• 辨財天

Usage notes

In Japanese shinjitai, 辨, 瓣, 辯 has been simplified to one character, 弁.

---

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC bˠiᴇn^X).

Hanja

辨 (eumhun 분별할 변 (bunbyeolhal byeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 변 (“distinguish, differentiate, discern”).

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC bˠɛn^H).

Hanja

辨 (eumhun 갖출 판 (gatchul pan))

1. Hanja form^? of 판 (“prepare, equip”).

辨 (eumhun 두루 편 (duru pyeon))

1. Hanja form^? of 편 (“without exception”).

---

Vietnamese

Han character

辨: Hán Nôm readings: biện, bẹn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.