牑

牑 U+7251, 牑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7251 ← 牐 [U+7250] CJK Unified Ideographs 牒 → [U+7252]

Translingual

Han character

牑 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中中竹尸月 (LLHSB) or 中中戈尸月 (LLISB) or 中弓竹尸月 (LNHSB) or 中弓戈尸月 (LNISB) or 難中中竹尸 (XLLHS) or 難中中戈尸 (XLLIS) or 難中弓竹尸 (XLNHS) or 難中弓戈尸 (XLNIS), four-corner 2302₇, composition ⿰片扁)

Derived characters

• 𦽃

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 694, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19870
• Dae Jaweon: page 1107, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2019, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7251

Chinese

simp. and trad.		牑

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bian
    • Wade–Giles: pien¹
    • Yale: byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pen

Rime
Character	牑
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
Baxter	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/pen/
Wang Li	/pien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*peːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牑
Reading #	1/1
No.	730
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邊
Old Chinese	/*peːn/

Definitions

牑

1. bed board
2. bed basket

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 牑 – see 綿 (“silk floss; to continue; to be continuous; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 綿).