# 蝙

| 蝙 | U+8759, &#34649; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8759 |
| ← 蝘 [U+8758] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蝚 → [U+875A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蝙 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹尸月 (LIHSB) or 中戈戈尸月 (LIISB), four-corner 5312$_7$, composition ⿰虫扁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1089, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33271
* Dae Jaweon: page 1555, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2873, character 11
* Unihan data for U+8759

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): biān, biǎn (bian$^1$, bian$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bian$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pin$^1$ / bin$^1$ / bin$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ben$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bien$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phiên
    (Meixian, Guangdong): biên$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): bǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): biēng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pian / pián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): piang$^1$ / piêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bian
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^1$
*** Yale: byān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
*** Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^3$
*** Yale: byǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
*** Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bian$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bian
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛn⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pin$^1$ / bin$^1$ / bin$^2$
*** Yale: pīn / bīn / bín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pin$^1$ / bin$^1$ / bin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pin$^1$ / bin$^1$ / bin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːn⁵⁵/, /piːn⁵⁵/, /piːn³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ben$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pen⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bien$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: biên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /piɛn³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐng
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng
*** Sinological IPA : /pieŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian
*** Tâi-lô: pian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piefn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn³³/
** (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/
* Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
** pian - literary;
** pián - colloquial variant.
* Middle Chinese: pen
Rime :
| Character | 蝙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 布玄切 |
| Baxter | pen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pen/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pen/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /pen/ |
| Wang Li | /pien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*peːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 725 |
| Phonetic component | 扁 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邊 |
| Old Chinese | /*peːn/ |

### Definitions

蝙
* Only used in 蝙蝠 (biānfú, “bat”).

#### Compounds

* 蝙蝠
* 蝙蝠人
* 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)

### References

* “蝙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* bat

#### Readings

* Go-on: へん (hen)
* Kan-on: へん (hen)
* Kun: こうもり (kōmori, 蝙)

#### Compounds

* 蝙蝠(こうもり) (kōmori), 蝙蝠(かわほり) (kawahori), 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku): bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

## Korean
### Hanja

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