蹁

蹁	U+8E41, 蹁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E41

Translingual

Han character

蹁 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹尸月 (RMHSB) or 口一戈尸月 (RMISB), four-corner 6712₇, composition ⿰𧾷扁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1230, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37717
Dae Jaweon: page 1702, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3726, character 6
Unihan data for U+8E41

Chinese

trad.		蹁
simp. ^#		蹁
alternative forms		𨇱

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pián (pian²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pián
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pián
  - Wade–Giles: pʻien²
  - Yale: pyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan
  - Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pin⁴
  - Yale: pìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: ben, pen

Rime
Character	蹁	蹁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	部田切	布玄切
Baxter	ben	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ben/	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/ben/	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛn/	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛn/	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/ben/	/pen/
Wang Li	/bien/	/pien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱien/	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pián	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pin⁴	bin¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*bˤe[r]/

(Zhengzhang): /*peːn/, /*beːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蹁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pián
Middle Chinese	‹ ben ›
Old Chinese	/*bˁe[r]/
English	蹁蹮 walk with difficulty (Shuōwén)
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	蹁	蹁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	731	742
Phonetic component	扁	扁
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	邊	蹁
Old Chinese	/*peːn/	/*beːn/

Definitions

蹁

to walk with a limp

Compounds

蹁躚／蹁跹 (piánxiān)

Japanese

Kanji

蹁

(Hyōgai kanji)

to walk with a limp

Readings

Go-on: べん (ben)^{←べん (ben, historical)}
Kan-on: へん (hen)^{←へん (fen, historical)}
Kun: よろめく (yoromeku, 蹁めく)

Compounds

蹁(へん)躚(せん) (hensen)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蹁 (MC ben|pen).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰjʌ̹n]
Phonetic hangul: [편]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

蹁

Wikisource

蹁 (eumhun 비틀거릴 편 (biteulgeoril pyeon))

totter
knee

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 蹁

Vietnamese

Han character

蹁: Hán Nôm readings: biên

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References

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