髕

髕

See also: 臏 and 髌

髕 U+9AD5, 髕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AD5 ← 體 [U+9AD4] CJK Unified Ideographs 髖 → [U+9AD6]

Translingual

Han character

髕 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+14, 24 strokes, cangjie input 月月十一金 (BBJMC), four-corner 7328₆, composition ⿰骨賓)

1. kneecap

References

• KangXi: page 1451, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1978, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4421, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9AD5

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Chinese

trad.		髕
simp.		髌
alternative forms		臏／膑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠙	*biːn, *bin
賓	*mpin
檳	*pin
鑌	*pin
濱	*pin
顮	*pin
儐	*pin, *pins
矉	*pin
擯	*pins
殯	*pins
鬢	*pins
繽	*pʰin
嬪	*bin
薲	*bin
獱	*bin
臏	*binʔ
髕	*binʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìn (bin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban³, pan⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): pīn / pin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìn
    • Wade–Giles: pin⁴
    • Yale: bìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binn
    • Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ban³, pan⁵
    • Yale: ban, páhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban³, pan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben³, pen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn³³/, /pʰɐn¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīn
    • Tâi-lô: pīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pin
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
    • Tâi-lô: pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³/

Note:

• pīn - literary;
• pin - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: /biɪn^X/

Rime
Character	髕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	毗忍切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/biɪnX/
Pan Wuyun	/binX/
Shao Rongfen	/bjenX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/binX/
Li Rong	/biĕnX/
Wang Li	/bĭĕnX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*binʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髕
Reading #	1/1
No.	854
Phonetic component	賓
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牝
Old Chinese	/*binʔ/

Definitions

髕

1. (anatomy) kneecap; patella
2. (historical) cutting off kneecaps as a form of punishment

Compounds

髕骨／髌骨 (bìngǔ)

References

• “髕”, 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

髕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. kneecap

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひん (hin); びん (bin)

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Korean

Hanja

髕 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

1. the kneecap