扁

See also: 碥

扁 U+6241, 扁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6241 ← 所 [U+6240] CJK Unified Ideographs 扂 → [U+6242]

Translingual

Japanese	扁
Simplified	扁
Traditional	扁

Han character

扁 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月廿 (HSBT) or 戈尸月廿 (ISBT) or 難戈尸月廿 (XISBT), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶冊(KT) or ⿸户冊(GH) or ⿸戸冊(J))

Derived characters

• 偏 諞 (谝) 揙 徧 猵 惼 媥 𰀙 騙 (骗) 編 (编) 楄 犏 牑 斒 煸 碥 稨 褊 蝙 艑 糄 蹁 鍽 鯿 (鳊) 𡎚 㞈 㴜 㻞 䐔 䡢 䭏
• 甂 翩 騗 鶣 㓲 㲢 㼐 萹 篇 匾 遍 㾫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 415, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11724
• Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2261, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6241

Chinese

trad.		扁
simp. #		扁
alternative forms		𡈯 𡲜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 扁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 戶 (“door”) + 冊 (“bamboo tablets”) – to inscribe on the door, or two things that are flat and thin.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pyar (“flat, thin”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bian³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pién
• Eastern Min (BUC): bēng / biēng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bang³ / bue³ / buiⁿ³ / beng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pián / píⁿ / pín / pún

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang² / biêng² / bin²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pien³
    • Yale: byǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bian³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin²
    • Yale: bín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pién
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bēng / biēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ³³/, /pieŋ³³/

Note:

• bēng - vernacular;
• biēng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bue³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puei⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: buiⁿ³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũĩ³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: beng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: beng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ³³²/

Note:

• bang3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁食);
• bue3/buiⁿ3 - vernacular (e.g. 扁擔);
• beng3 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: píⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /pĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pín
    • Tâi-lô: pín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún
    • Tâi-lô: pún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: puon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /pun⁵³/

Note:

• píⁿ/pín/pún - vernacular;
• pián - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: biang² / biêng² / bin²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piáng / piéng / píⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ⁵²/, /pieŋ⁵²/, /pĩ⁵²/

Note:

• bin2 - vernacular;
• biang2/biêng2 - literary (biêng2 - Chaozhou).

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi
    • MiniDict: pi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: penX, bjienX, benX

Rime
Character	扁	扁	扁
Reading #	2/4	4/4	3/4
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	仙 (77)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	IV
Fanqie	方典切	符善切	薄泫切
Baxter	penX	bjienX	benX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/penX/	/biᴇnX/	/benX/
Pan Wuyun	/penX/	/biɛnX/	/benX/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛnX/	/bjænX/	/bɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛnX/	/bianX/	/bɛnX/
Li Rong	/penX/	/biɛnX/	/benX/
Wang Li	/pienX/	/bĭɛnX/	/bienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pienX/	/bʱi̯ɛnX/	/bʱienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biǎn	biàn	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin2	bin6	bin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤe[r]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*peːnʔ/, /*benʔ/, /*beːnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ penX ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁe[r]ʔ/
English	flat and thin
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	扁	扁	扁
Reading #	3/4	2/4	4/4
No.	732	724	744
Phonetic component	扁	扁	扁
Rime group	元	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	編	楩	辮
Old Chinese	/*peːnʔ/	/*benʔ/	/*beːnʔ/

Definitions

扁

1. flat and thin (like a pancake)

   踩扁  ―  cǎibiǎn  ―  to trample flat

   • 呢個枕頭已經坐到扁晒。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     呢个枕头已经坐到扁晒。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ni¹ go³ zam² tau⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ co⁵ dou³ bin² saai³. [Jyutping]

     This pillow has become flat from constant use.

2. to inscribe on the door
3. to curl one's lips
4. to underestimate; to underrate
5. (dialectal) to beat; to give someone a good beating

   海扁 [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  hǎi biǎn [Pinyin]  ―  to beat someone tremendously

   欠扁  ―  qiànbiǎn  ―  to deserve beating

6. (dialectal) to hide in the waist
7. Original form of 匾 (biǎn, “horizontal inscribed board; tablet; signboard”).
8. a surname

See also

• 薄 (bó)
• 平 (píng, “flat; smooth; level”)

Compounds

• 倒扁兒 / 倒扁儿
• 山扁豆
• 扁塌臉 / 扁塌脸
• 扁平 (biǎnpíng)
• 扁平足 (biǎnpíngzú)
• 扁底舟
• 扁挑
• 扁擔 / 扁担
• 扁擔戲 / 扁担戏
• 扁擔飯 / 扁担饭
• 扁柏 (biǎnbó)
• 扁桃 (biǎntáo)
• 扁桃腺 (biǎntáoxiàn)
• 扁桃腺炎 (biǎntáoxiàn yán)
• 扁毛畜生
• 扁簪
• 扁蒲
• 扁蜥 (biǎnxī)
• 扁蟾 (biǎnchán)
• 扁豆 (biǎndòu)
• 扁銼 / 扁锉
• 扁鑽 / 扁钻
• 扁額 / 扁额
• 扁食 (biǎnshi)
• 扁魚 / 扁鱼
• 扁鵲 / 扁鹊
• 扁鼓 (biǎngǔ)
• 揍扁
• 看扁 (kànbiǎn)
• 輪扁 / 轮扁
• 輪扁斲輪 / 轮扁斲轮
• 野毛扁豆
• 針線扁 / 针线扁
• 馬扁 / 马扁
• 馬扁兒 / 马扁儿

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piān (pian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phian
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pian
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien¹
    • Yale: pyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pian
    • Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pin¹
    • Yale: pīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phian
    • Tâi-lô: phian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phi
    • MiniDict: phi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjien

Rime
Character	扁
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	芳連切
Baxter	phjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰian/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛn/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	piān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扁
Reading #	1/4
No.	715
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	篇
Old Chinese	/*pʰen/

Definitions

扁

1. small; little; narrow
2. Alternative form of 偏 (piān, “out-of-the-way; remote; one-sided”)

Compounds

• 扁舟 (piānzhōu)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 萹 (“knotgrass; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 萹).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 藊. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 藊).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 扁 – see 稨. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 稨).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	扁󠄀 扁+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
扁󠄂 扁+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	扁
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Kanji

扁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flat (adjective)

Readings

• Go-on: へん (hen)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: ひらたい (hiratai, 扁たい)

Korean

Hanja

扁 (eumhun 작을 편 (jageul pyeon))

1. hanja form^? of 편 (“small; flat”)

Compounds

• 편평 (扁平, pyeonpyeong, “being wide and flat”)

Tày

Noun

扁 (ben)

1. Nôm form of ben (“pack; bundle”).

Verb

扁 (ben)

1. Nôm form of ben (“to wrap around”).

   七眉扁𦙫眉咀

   Chết mì ben, chiêng mì thó

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

扁: Hán Việt readings: biển, thiên, biên
扁: Nôm readings: biển, bên, bẽn, thiên

1. chữ Hán form of biển (“flat, thin”).