儦

儦 U+5126, 儦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5126 ← 儥 [U+5125] CJK Unified Ideographs 儧 → [U+5127]

Translingual

Han character

儦 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈心火 (OIPF), four-corner 2023₁, composition ⿰亻麃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1257
• Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 235, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5126

Chinese

trad.		儦
simp. #		儦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儦
Small seal script s05698
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
藨	*pʰaːw, *praw, *brawʔ
麃	*braːw, *pʰrawʔ
臕	*prew
鑣	*prew
儦	*prew
瀌	*prew, *biw
犥	*pʰew, *pʰewʔ
皫	*pʰrewʔ, *pʰewʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāo (biao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹
    • Yale: byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
    • Palladius: бяо (bjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: biu¹
    • Yale: bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pjew

Rime
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫嬌切
Baxter	pjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/piæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piaw/
Li Rong	/pjɛu/
Wang Li	/pĭɛu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	biu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*prew/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儦
Reading #	1/1
No.	801
Phonetic component	麃
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鑣
Old Chinese	/*prew/

Definitions

儦

1. Only used in 儦儦 (biāobiāo, “crowded; rushing about”).

Japanese

Kanji

儦

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ひょう (hyō)
• Kun: さかんなさま (sakannasama)

Korean

Hanja

儦 • (pyo) (hangeul 표, revised pyo, McCune–Reischauer p'yo)

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