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辨

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See also: 辯, 瓣, 辧, and 辦
辨 U+8FA8, 辨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA8
← 辧
[U+8FA7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 辩 →
[U+8FA9]

Translingual

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Japanese 弁
Simplified 辨
Traditional 辨

Han character

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辨 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜十戈中十 (YJILJ), four-corner 00441, composition ⿲辛⿰丿丿辛(GJK) or ⿲辛⿰丶丿辛(HT) or ⿲辛⿰丨丿辛(V))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1251, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38657
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1731, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4041, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+8FA8

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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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

From 辧, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *breːns, *brenʔ) : phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”). However, the phonetic component (the reduplication of the knife to mark prisoners) perhaps symbolizes two prisoners accusing each other, hence two different versions, which then leads to the concept of "discriminate".

Etymology

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Cognate with 辯 (OC *brenʔ). 辨 (OC *brenʔ, “divide, distinguish, discriminate, dispute”) and its two exopassive derivatives 釆 (“Literally, “(to cause to be) divided” > discriminate, distinguish”) and 瓣 (OC *breːns, “Literally, “what is divided” > piece, section, segment”) belong to the same word-family, which may be related to either 班 (OC *praːn, “to distribute → to arrange, classify → class, group”) or Mizo pʰel (“to split, cut in halves”) (with medial *-r- dropped after labial initials according to Mizo phonotactics) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

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trad. 辨
simp. # 辨
2nd round simp. 弁
Note:
  • biang6 - Shantou;
  • biêng6 - Chaozhou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 辨
Mandarin Beijing /pian⁵¹/
Harbin /pian⁵³/
Tianjin /pian⁵³/
Jinan /piã²¹/
Qingdao /piã⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pian³¹²/
Xi'an /piã⁴⁴/
Xining /piã²¹³/
Yinchuan /pian¹³/
Lanzhou /piɛ̃n¹³/
Ürümqi /pian²¹³/
Wuhan /piɛn³⁵/
Chengdu /pian¹³/
Guiyang /pian²¹³/
Kunming /piɛ̃²¹²/
Nanjing /pien⁴⁴/
Hefei /piĩ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /pie⁴⁵/
Pingyao /pie̞³⁵/
Hohhot /pie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /bi²³/
Suzhou /biɪ³¹/
Hangzhou /biẽ̞¹³/
Wenzhou /bi³⁵/
Hui Shexian /pʰe²²/
Tunxi /piɛ²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /piẽ⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /piẽ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /pʰiɛn²¹/
Hakka Meixian /pʰien⁵³/
Taoyuan /pʰien⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pin²²/
Nanning /pin²²/
Hong Kong /pin²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /pian²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /piɛŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /piŋ⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /piaŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔbin³³/
Rime
Character 辨
Reading # 1/2
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 辨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		biàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[b]renʔ/
English distinguish

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 辨
Reading # 2/2
No. 785
Phonetic
component 		辡
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		辯
Old
Chinese 		/*brenʔ/

Definitions

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辨

  1. to distinguish; to discriminate

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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trad. 辨
simp. # 辨
Rime
Character 辨
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 蒲莧切
Baxter beanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bˠɛnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bᵚænH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bəɨnH/
Li
Rong 		/bɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/bænH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱănH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		baan6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 辨
Reading # 1/2
No. 783
Phonetic
component 		辡
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		瓣
Old
Chinese 		/*breːns/

Definitions

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辨

  1. † to prepare; to equip
  2. † to administer; to govern; to manage

Japanese

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Shinjitai

弁

Kyūjitai

辨

Kanji

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辨

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弁)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: べん (ben)
  • Kan-on: へん (hen)
  • Kun: わける (wakeru, 辨ける)、わきまえる (wakimaeru, 辨える)

Compounds

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Usage notes

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

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC bjenX).

Hanja

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辨 (eumhun 분별할 변 (bunbyeolhal byeon))

  1. hanja form? of 변 (“distinguish, differentiate, discern”)

Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC beanH).

Hanja

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辨 (eumhun 갖출 판 (gatchul pan))

  1. hanja form? of 판 (“prepare, equip”)

辨 (eumhun 두루 편 (duru pyeon))

  1. hanja form? of 편 (“without exception”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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辨: Hán Nôm readings: biện, bẹn

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