匾

匾	U+533E, 匾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533E

Translingual

Han character

匾 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹尸月 (SHSB) or 尸戈尸月 (SISB), four-corner 7171₂, composition ⿷匚扁)

Derived characters

𮰩, 𢴂, 𬄈, 𦄒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2689
Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 88, character 3
Unihan data for U+533E

Chinese

trad.		匾
simp. ^#		匾

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

From 扁 (OC *peːnʔ, “flat”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pién
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pín / pián

(Teochew, Peng'im): bing² / biang² / biêng²

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/
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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pín
  - Tâi-lô: pín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pien
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pin⁵³/
- (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/

Note:

pín - vernacular;
pián - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bing² / biang² / biêng²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: píng / piáng / piéng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵²/, /piaŋ⁵²/, /pieŋ⁵²/

Note:

bing2 - vernacular;
biang2/biêng2 - literary.

Middle Chinese: penX

Rime
Character	匾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	方典切
Baxter	penX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛn^X/
Li Rong	/pen^X/
Wang Li	/pien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*peːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匾
Reading #	1/1
No.	733
Phonetic component	扁
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	編
Old Chinese	/*peːnʔ/

Definitions

匾

^† flat
horizontal inscribed board; plaque; silk banner embroidered with eulogy
a kind of round shallow basket

Synonyms

(horizontal inscribed board):

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匾額／匾额 (biǎn'é)
榜額／榜额 (bǎng'é)
牌匾 (páibiǎn)
額／额

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

匾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): へん (hen)
Kun: うすい (usui)、ひらたい (hiratai)、がく (gaku)

Korean

Hanja

匾 (eum 편 (pyeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匾: Hán Nôm readings: biển

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