匾

匾 U+533E, 匾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533E ← 匽 [U+533D] CJK Unified Ideographs 匿 → [U+533F]

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

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): biàn

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin²
• Gan (Wiktionary): bien³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pién
• Jin (Wiktionary): bie²
• Eastern Min (BUC): biēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pín / pián

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

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bieng²

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵pi / ³pie / ³pi / ³pien

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• 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/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: biàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piã⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin²
    • Yale: bín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pién
    • Hakka Romanization System: bien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bian³
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯en³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bie²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pie⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieŋ³³/
• 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.

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: bieng²
  • Sinological IPA: /pieŋ³¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi
    • MiniDict: pi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ³pie
    • MiniDict: pie^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /pɪ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /pie⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pɪ⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /pɪ⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /pɪ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /pie⁴³³/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ³pi
    • MiniDict: pi^上
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɓi⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /pi³²⁵/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ³pien
    • MiniDict: pien^上
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /piẽ̞⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /piẽ³³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /pĩ³⁵/

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• 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	/penX/
Pan Wuyun	/penX/
Shao Rongfen	/pɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pɛnX/
Li Rong	/penX/
Wang Li	/pienX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pienX/
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

1. ^† flat
2. horizontal inscribed board; plaque; silk banner embroidered with eulogy
3. 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

• 匾匾的
• 匾扎
• 匾打側卓 / 匾打侧卓
• 匾擔 / 匾担
• 匾短
• 匾窄
• 匾聯 / 匾联
• 匾額 / 匾额 (biǎn'é)
• 匾食
• 橫匾 / 横匾
• 牌匾 (páibiǎn)
• 賀匾 / 贺匾
• 躧匾稱鉈 / 𰸐匾称铊

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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