鞭

鞭	U+97AD, 鞭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97AD

Translingual

Han character

鞭 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十人一大 (TJOMK), four-corner 4154₆, composition ⿰革便)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1390, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42937
Dae Jaweon: page 1904, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4343, character 6
Unihan data for U+97AD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鞭
2nd round simp.		卞
alternative forms		𠓥𠓠鞕𩌻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鞭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鞭	*pen
鯾	*pen
箯	pen, ben
便	ben, bens
緶	ben, peːnʔ
楩	ben, benʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pen) : semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 便 (OC *ben, *bens).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biān (bian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ben¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bien¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): piên

(Meixian, Guangdong): biên¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bie¹
Northern Min (KCR): bíng
Eastern Min (BUC): biĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): piⁿ / pian

(Teochew, Peng'im): bin¹ / biang¹ / biêng¹ / biu¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn¹

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pen³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piên
  - Hakka Romanization System: bien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pi̯en²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: biên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /piɛn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: biĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piⁿ / pian
  - Tâi-lô: pinn / pian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvy, piefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ³³/, /piɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

piⁿ - vernacular;
pian - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: bin¹ / biang¹ / biêng¹ / biu¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piⁿ / piang / pieng / piu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pĩ³³/, /piaŋ³³/, /pieŋ³³/, /piu³³/

Note:

bin1 - vernacular;
biang1/biêng1 - literary;
biu1 - colloquial variant.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pi
  - MiniDict: pi^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bienn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ẽ³³/

Middle Chinese: pjien

Rime
Character	鞭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	卑連切
Baxter	pjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/piɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/pjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pian/
Li Rong	/piɛn/
Wang Li	/pĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pe[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*pen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鞭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biān
Middle Chinese	‹ pjien ›
Old Chinese	/*pe[n]/
English	whip (n.)
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	鞭
Reading #	1/1
No.	770
Phonetic component	便
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鞭
Old Chinese	/*pen/
Notes	便轉註字

Definitions

鞭

whip (Classifier: 條／条 c)
皮鞭 ― píbiān ― leather whip
to whip; to flog
penis of an animal
牛鞭 ― niúbiān ― bull pizzle
(historical) an ancient type of weapon, segmented and made of iron
鋼鞭／钢鞭 ― gāngbiān ― a kind of weapon
string of firecrackers
鞭炮 ― biānpào ― firecrackers

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鞭子 (“whip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鞭子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鞭子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鞭子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鞭子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鞭
	Hong Kong	鞭
	Dongguan	鞭
Gan	Nanchang	鞭子
Hakka	Meixian	竹鞭仔
Jin	Taiyuan	鞭子
Southern Min	Xiamen	鞭, 摔仔
	Zhangzhou	摔仔
	Tainan	摔仔
	Shantou	鞭
	Jieyang	鞭
	Haikou	鞭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鞭
Wu	Danyang	鞭

Compounds

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04521

Japanese

Kanji

鞭

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: へん (hen)
Kan-on: へん (hen)
Kan’yō-on: べん (ben)
Kun: むち (muchi, 鞭)、むちうつ (muchiutsu, 鞭つ)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鞭
むち Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
笞策

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鞭

Wikipedia ^ja

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Noun

鞭(むち) • (muchi)

whip
鞭(むち)で打(う)つ
muchi de utsu
to whip; to flog
- 1999 March 1, “グロス [Gross]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
  
  ムチのように長(なが)い腕(うで)で、少(すこ)し離(はな)れたところでも攻(こう)撃(げき)できる。
  Muchi no yō ni nagai ude de, sukoshi wa nareta tokoro de mo kōgeki dekiru.
  It attacks from a short distance with its long whip-like arms.
- 2000 July 13, “ツインテール [Twin-Tail]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
  
  ムチのようなしっぽ２本(ほん)を振(ふ)り回(まわ)し攻(こう)撃(げき)する、水(すい)中(ちゅう)生(せい)物(ぶつ)。
  Muchi no yō na shippo ni-hon o furimawashi kōgeki suru, suichū seibutsu.
  An aquatic creature that attacks by brandishing its 2 whip-like tails.

Korean

Hanja

鞭 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鞭: Hán Nôm readings: tiên, tiệm

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