頒

頒

See also: 朌 and 颁

頒 U+9812, 頒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9812 ← 頑 [U+9811] CJK Unified Ideographs 頓 → [U+9813]

Translingual

Han character

頒 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹一月金 (CHMBC), four-corner 8128₆, composition ⿰分頁)

Derived characters

• 𥂾

Related characters

• 颁 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1401, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43378
• Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4362, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9812

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Chinese

trad.		頒
simp.		颁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 頒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
扮	*prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ
盼	*pʰrɯːns
頒	*praːn, *bɯn
朌	*praːn, *bɯn
鳻	*praːn, *bɯn
份	*prɯn, *bɯns
汃	*pʰreːd, *prɯn
玢	*prɯn
邠	*prɯn
攽	*prɯn
砏	*prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn
貧	*brɯn
湓	*pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns
盆	*bɯːn
葐	*bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn
坌	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
坋	*bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns
分	*pɯn, *bɯns
吩	*pɯn
粉	*pɯnʔ
黺	*pɯnʔ
芬	*pʰɯn
紛	*pʰɯn
衯	*pʰɯn
棻	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
氛	*pʰɯn, *bɯn
雰	*pʰɯn
忿	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ
魵	*pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ
汾	*bɯn
羒	*bɯn
枌	*bɯn
棼	*bɯn
妢	*bɯn
梤	*bɯn
馚	*bɯn
鼢	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
蚡	*bɯn, *bɯnʔ
弅	*bɯnʔ
秎	*bɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *praːn, *bɯn) : phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bān (ban¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan¹, paan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ban¹

• Min Dong (BUC): băng / păng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ban
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban
    • Palladius: бань (banʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹, paan¹
    • Yale: bāan, pāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹, paan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹, pan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵/, /pʰaːn⁵⁵/

Note: paan1 - variant (rare).

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pân
    • Hakka Romanization System: ban´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ban¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pan⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: băng / păng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan
    • Tâi-lô: pan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pˠan/

Rime
Character	頒
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	布還切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/pɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨn/
Li Rong	/pan/
Wang Li	/pan/
Bernard Karlgren	/pan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤ<r>ə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	頒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bān
Middle Chinese	‹ pæn ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁ<r>ə[n]/ (MC F!)
English	distribute
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	頒
Reading #	1/2
No.	3130
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	班
Old Chinese	/*praːn/

Definitions

頒

1. to confer; to bestow; to grant; to present

   頒獎／颁奖  ―  bānjiǎng  ―  to present a prize

2. to publish; to promulgate
3. Used in 頒白／颁白.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fén (fen²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fén
    • Wade–Giles: fên²
    • Yale: fén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
    • Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan⁴
    • Yale: fàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨun/

Rime
Character	頒
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符分切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/biun/
Shao Rongfen	/biuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bun/
Li Rong	/biuən/
Wang Li	/bĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頒
Reading #	2/2
No.	3169
Phonetic component	分
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	汾
Old Chinese	/*bɯn/

Definitions

頒

1. ^† having a large head

   • 魚在在藻，有頒其首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鱼在在藻，有颁其首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yú zài zài zǎo, yǒu fén qí shǒu. [Pinyin]

     The fish are there, there among the pondweed,
     Showing their large heads.

Compounds

分頒／分颁 匪頒／匪颁 平頒／平颁 春頒／春颁 行頒／行颁 賜頒／赐颁 遺頒／遗颁 頒付／颁付 頒令／颁令 (bānlìng) 頒佈／颁布 頒冰／颁冰 頒告／颁告 頒奬／颁奖 頒學／颁学 頒官／颁官 頒定／颁定 頒宣／颁宣 頒布／颁布 (bānbù) 頒師／颁师

頒常／颁常 頒式／颁式 頒授／颁授 (bānshòu) 頒揚／颁扬 頒政／颁政 頒斌／颁斌 頒方／颁方 頒曆／颁历 頒朔／颁朔 (bānshuò) 頒條／颁条 頒榜／颁榜 頒正／颁正 頒歷／颁历 頒犒／颁犒 頒獎／颁奖 (bānjiǎng) 頒獎典禮／颁奖典礼 頒發／颁发 (bānfā) 頒白／颁白 頒示／颁示 (bānshì)

頒禽／颁禽 頒秩／颁秩 頒給／颁给 頒職／颁职 頒行／颁行 (bānxíng) 頒衣／颁衣 頒詔／颁诏 頒賚／颁赉 頒賜／颁赐 頒賞／颁赏 (bānshǎng) 頒贈／颁赠 (bānzèng) 頒金／颁金 頒錫／颁锡 頒降／颁降 頒首／颁首 頒馬／颁马 頒駕／颁驾 頒鬢／颁鬓

References

• “頒”, 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

Shinjitai	頒
Kyūjitai	頒

Kanji

頒

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. distribute, partition

Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen); ぶん (bun)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō); ふん (fun)
• Kun: わける (wakeru, 頒ける); しく (shiku, 頒く)

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Korean

Hanja

頒 • (ban, bun) (hangeul 반, 분, revised ban, bun, McCune–Reischauer pan, pun, Yale pan, pun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頒: Hán Nôm readings: ban

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