辯

See also: 辩

辯 U+8FAF, 辯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FAF ← 辮 [U+8FAE] CJK Unified Ideographs 辰 → [U+8FB0]

Translingual

Traditional	辯
Shinjitai	弁
Simplified	辩

Han character

辯 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜十卜口十 (YJYRJ), four-corner 0044₁, composition ⿲辛訁辛)

Derived characters

• 𡅼, 𨐾, 䉸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1252, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38677
• Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4045, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8FAF

Chinese

trad.		辯
simp.		辩
2nd round simp.		弁
alternative forms		辡 辨 䛒 𧦪 𧦬 辡 辨 䛒 𧦪 𧦬 𮗿 𧩵 𰁏

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
辬	*praːn
瓣	*breːns
辦	*breːns
辨	*breːns, *brenʔ
辡	*prenʔ, *brenʔ
辯	*brenʔ
辮	*beːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *brenʔ): phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 言 (“say”). However, the phonetic component (which is the reduplication of the Kangxi radical of the knife to mark prisoners) perhaps symbolizes two prisoners accusing each other, hence "debating in an aggressive manner".

Etymology

Cognate with 辨 (OC *breːns, *brenʔ, “to distinguish”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàn (bian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): bìng
• Eastern Min (BUC): biêng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piǎn / piān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biang⁶ / biêng⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶bi / ⁶bie / ⁶bien

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴
    • Yale: byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
    • Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bin⁶
    • Yale: bihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: biêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: beng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piǎn
    • Tâi-lô: piǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piān
    • Tâi-lô: piān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pien
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biang⁶ / biêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piăng / piĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piaŋ³⁵/, /pieŋ³⁵/

Note:

• biang6 - Shantou;
• biêng6 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bi
    • MiniDict: bi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bie
    • MiniDict: bie^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɪ²³¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bien
    • MiniDict: bien^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /biẽ̞¹¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjenX

Rime
Character	辯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符蹇切
Baxter	bjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/biænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bianX/
Li Rong	/bjɛnX/
Wang Li	/bĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]renʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*brenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	辯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bjenX ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]renʔ/
English	distinguish, dispute (v.)
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	辯
Reading #	1/1
No.	786
Phonetic component	辡
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	辯
Old Chinese	/*brenʔ/

Definitions

辯

1. to debate; to argue; to discuss
2. ^† Alternative form of 辨 (“to distinguish; to differentiate”)

   • 上天下澤，履，君子以辯上下，安民志。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     上天下泽，履，君子以辩上下，安民志。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Shàng tiān xià zé, lǚ, jūnzǐ yǐ biàn shàngxià, ān mínzhì. [Pinyin]

     (The trigram representing) the sky above, and below it (that representing the waters of) a marsh, form Lu. The superior man, in accordance with this, discriminates between high and low, and gives settlement to the aims of the people.

Compounds

• 主辯 / 主辩
• 九辯 / 九辩
• 伏辯 / 伏辩
• 佹辯 / 佹辩
• 分辯 / 分辩 (fēnbiàn)
• 助辯 / 助辩
• 口辯 / 口辩 (kǒubiàn)
• 名辯 / 名辩
• 大辯不言 / 大辩不言
• 大辯若訥 / 大辩若讷
• 好辯 / 好辩
• 宏辯 / 宏辩
• 巧言舌辯 / 巧言舌辩
• 巧辯 / 巧辩 (qiǎobiàn)
• 強制辯護 / 强制辩护
• 強辯 / 强辩 (qiǎngbiàn)
• 折辯 / 折辩
• 抗辯 / 抗辩 (kàngbiàn)
• 拆辯 / 拆辩
• 攔詞抵辯 / 拦词抵辩
• 服辯 / 服辩
• 滔滔雄辯 / 滔滔雄辩
• 激辯 / 激辩
• 無可置辯 / 无可置辩
• 無庸置辯 / 无庸置辩
• 爭辯 / 争辩 (zhēngbiàn)
• 狡辯 / 狡辩 (jiǎobiàn)
• 申辯 / 申辩 (shēnbiàn)
• 百口莫辯 / 百口莫辩 (bǎikǒumòbiàn)
• 百喙莫辯 / 百喙莫辩 (bǎihuìmòbiàn)
• 百辭莫辯 / 百辞莫辩
• 真理越辯越明 / 真理越辩越明 (zhēnlǐ yuèbiànyuèmíng)
• 答辯 / 答辩 (dábiàn)
• 答辯書 / 答辩书
• 米鹽博辯 / 米盐博辩
• 結辯 / 结辩
• 置辯 / 置辩 (zhìbiàn)
• 聲辯 / 声辩 (shēngbiàn)
• 能言善辯 / 能言善辩 (néngyánshànbiàn)
• 能言舌辯 / 能言舌辩
• 舌辯之士 / 舌辩之士
• 言詞辯論 / 言词辩论
• 誇辯 / 夸辩
• 詭辯 / 诡辩 (guǐbiàn)
• 詭辯學派 / 诡辩学派
• 論辯 / 论辩
• 辯人 / 辩人
• 辯冤 / 辩冤
• 辯口利舌 / 辩口利舌
• 辯口利辭 / 辩口利辞
• 辯圃學林 / 辩圃学林
• 辯士 / 辩士 (biànshì)
• 辯惠 / 辩惠
• 辯才 / 辩才 (biàncái)
• 辯才無礙 / 辩才无碍 (biàncáiwú'ài)
• 辯捷 / 辩捷
• 辯析 / 辩析
• 辯白 / 辩白 (biànbái)
• 辯知閎達 / 辩知闳达
• 辯稱 / 辩称 (biànchēng)
• 辯給 / 辩给
• 辯解 / 辩解 (biànjiě)
• 辯誣 / 辩诬 (biànwū)
• 辯說 / 辩说
• 辯論 / 辩论 (biànlùn)
• 辯論會 / 辩论会 (biànlùnhuì)
• 辯論術 / 辩论术
• 辯證 / 辩证 (biànzhèng)
• 辯證法 / 辩证法 (biànzhèngfǎ)
• 辯證邏輯 / 辩证逻辑 (biànzhèng luójí)
• 辯護 / 辩护 (biànhù)
• 辯護人 / 辩护人 (biànhùrén)
• 辯賴 / 辩赖
• 辯贍 / 辩赡
• 辯難 / 辩难 (biànnàn)
• 辯章 / 辩章
• 辯駁 / 辩驳 (biànbó)
• 辯鬥 / 辩斗
• 雄辯 / 雄辩 (xióngbiàn)
• 雄辯滔滔 / 雄辩滔滔 (xióngbiàntāotāo)
• 雄辯高談 / 雄辩高谈
• 飛辯 / 飞辩
• 馳辯 / 驰辩
• 高談雄辯 / 高谈雄辩

References

• “辯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	弁
Kyūjitai	辯

Kanji

辯

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弁)

Readings

• Go-on: べん (ben)
• Kan-on: へん (hen)
• Kun: わける (wakeru)、あらそう (arasō)

Compounds

• 関西辯(かんさいべん) (Kansai-Ben)
• 能辯(のうべん) (nōben)
• 詭(き)辯(べん) (kiben)
• 辯才天(べんざいてん) (benzaiten), 辨財天(べんざいてん) (benzaiten)

Suffix

辯(べん) • (-ben) 

1. dialect

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 辯, 辨, and 瓣 have been simplified to one character, 弁.

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 辯 (MC bjenX).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 뼌〯 (Yale: ppyěn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 변〯 (pyěn) (Yale: pyěn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjɘ(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [변(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource

辯 (eumhun 말씀 변 (malsseum byeon))

1. hanja form^? of 변 (“debate; discuss”)

Compounds

• 궤변 (詭辯, gwebyeon)
• 답변 (答辯, dapbyeon)
• 대변 (代辯, daebyeon)
• 대변인 (代辯人, daebyeonin)
• 변론 (辯論, byeollon)
• 변호 (辯護, byeonho)
• 변호사 (辯護士, byeonhosa)
• 웅변 (雄辯, ungbyeon)
• 항변 (抗辯, hangbyeon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

辯: Hán Nôm readings: biện

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