# 駢

| 駢 | U+99E2, &#39394; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99E2 |
| ← 駡 [U+99E1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 駣 → [U+99E3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

駢 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 尸火廿廿 (SFTT), four-corner 7834$_1$, composition ⿰馬并)

#### Derived characters

* 𧟁

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1437, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44696
* Dae Jaweon: page 1961, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4555, character 7
* Unihan data for U+99E2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鵧 | *bi |
| 駢 | *beːn |
| 胼 | *beːn |
| 骿 | *beːn |
| 軿 | *beːn, *beːŋ |
| 賆 | *beːn |
| 跰 | *preŋs, *beːn |
| 恲 | *pʰreŋ |
| 鮩 | *breŋʔ, *beːŋʔ, *biɡ |
| 絣 | *preːŋ |
| 拼 | *preːŋ |
| 迸 | *preːŋs |
| 姘 | *pʰreːŋ, *pʰeːŋ |
| 皏 | *pʰreːŋʔ |
| 併 | *breːŋʔ, *breːŋs, *peŋʔ, *peŋs, *beːŋʔ |
| 并 | *peŋ, *peŋs |
| 栟 | *peŋ |
| 屏 | *peŋ, *peŋʔ, *beːŋ |
| 箳 | *peŋ, *beːŋ |
| 餅 | *peŋʔ |
| 鉼 | *peŋʔ |
| 摒 | *peŋs |
| 庰 | *beŋs |
| 偋 | *beŋs |
| 艵 | *pʰeːŋ |
| 頩 | *pʰeːŋ, *pʰeːŋʔ |
| 竮 | *pʰeːŋ, *beːŋ |
| 瓶 | *beːŋ |
| 缾 | *beːŋ |
| 蛢 | *beːŋ |
| 荓 | *beːŋ |
| 郱 | *beːŋ |
| 洴 | *beːŋ |
| 蓱 | *beːŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beːn) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 并 (OC *peŋ, *peŋs)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pián (pian$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pin$^4$ / ping$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): piân / phiân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bêng$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pián
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pián
*** Wade–Giles: pʻien$^2$
*** Yale: pyán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyan
*** Palladius: пянь (pjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pin$^4$ / ping$^4$
*** Yale: pìhn / pìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pin$^4$ / ping$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pin$^4$ / ping$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːn²¹/, /pʰɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piân
*** Tâi-lô: piân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pieen
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /piɛn²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiân
*** Tâi-lô: phiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɛn²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bêng$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /peŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ben
Rime :
| Character | 駢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 部田切 |
| Baxter | ben |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ben/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ben/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɛn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bɛn/ |
| Li Rong | /ben/ |
| Wang Li | /bien/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱien/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pián |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*beːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 駢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 915 |
| Phonetic component | 并 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蹁 |
| Old Chinese | /*beːn/ |

### Definitions

駢
* two horses that are side-by-side
* side-by-side; parallel; antithetical

### Compounds

* 田駢天口／田骈天口
* 車馬駢溢／车马骈溢 (chēmǎpiányì)
* 車馬駢闐／车马骈阗 (chēmǎpiántián)
* 駢儷／骈俪
* 駢四儷六／骈四俪六 (piánsìlìliù)
* 駢填／骈填
* 駢字／骈字 (piánzì)
* 駢字類編／骈字类编 (Piánzì Lèibiān)
* 駢拇枝指／骈拇枝指
* 駢文／骈文 (piánwén)
* 駢枝／骈枝
* 駢比／骈比
* 駢田／骈田
* 駢肩／骈肩
* 駢肩累足／骈肩累足
* 駢肩累跡／骈肩累迹
* 駢肩累踵／骈肩累踵
* 駢肩雜遝／骈肩杂遝
* 駢脅／骈胁
* 駢賦／骈赋
* 駢進／骈进
* 駢闐／骈阗
* 駢集／骈集 (piánjí)
* 駢馳／骈驰
* 駢體文／骈体文 (piántǐwén)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): へん (hen)、べん (ben)
* Kun: ならぶ (narabu)

## Korean
### Hanja

駢 • (byeon, byeong) (hangeul 변, 병, revised byeon, byeong, McCune–Reischauer pyŏn, pyŏng, Yale pyen, pyeng)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

駢: Hán Nôm readings: bền, biền
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