# 鞭

| 鞭 | U+97AD, &#38829; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97AD |
| ← 鞬 [U+97AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鞮 → [U+97AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鞭 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿十人一大 (TJOMK), four-corner 4154$_6$, composition ⿰革便)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1390, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42937
* Dae Jaweon: page 1904, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4343, character 6
* Unihan data for U+97AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 鞭
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 鞭 | *pen |
| 鯾 | *pen |
| 箯 | *pen, *ben |
| 便 | *ben, *bens |
| 緶 | *ben, *peːnʔ |
| 楩 | *ben, *benʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pen) : semantic 革 (“leather”) + phonetic 便 (OC *ben, *bens).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biān (bian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bin$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ben$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bien$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): piên
    (Meixian, Guangdong): biên$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bie$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): bíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): biĕng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): piⁿ / pian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bin$^1$ / biang$^1$ / biêng$^1$ / biu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bienn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bian
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^1$
*** Yale: byān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bian
*** Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bin$^1$
*** Yale: bīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pen³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bien$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piên
*** Hakka Romanization System: bien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi̯en²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: biên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /piɛn⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pie¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bíng
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /pieŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: beng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piⁿ / pian
*** Tâi-lô: pinn / pian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvy, piefn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ³³/, /piɛn³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pĩ⁴⁴/, /piɛn⁴⁴/
* piⁿ - vernacular;
* pian - literary.
* Middle Chinese: pjien
Rime :
| Character | 鞭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 卑連切 |
| Baxter | pjien |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /piᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /piɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pian/ |
| Li Rong | /piɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pe[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pen/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鞭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | biān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjien › |
| Old Chinese | /*pe[n]/ |
| English | whip (n.) |
| 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 | 鞭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 770 |
| Phonetic component | 便 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鞭 |
| Old Chinese | /*pen/ |
| Notes | 便轉註字 |

### Definitions

鞭
* whip (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    皮鞭 ― píbiān ― leather whip
* to whip; to flog
* penis of an animal
    牛鞭 ― niúbiān ― bull pizzle
* (historical) an ancient type of weapon, segmented and made of iron
    鋼鞭／钢鞭 ― gāngbiān ― a kind of weapon
* string of firecrackers
    鞭炮 ― biānpào ― firecrackers

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鞭子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鞭子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鞭子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鞭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鞭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鞭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鞭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鞭子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 竹鞭仔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鞭子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鞭, 摔仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 摔仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 摔仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鞭 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鞭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鞭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鞭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鞭 |

### Compounds

* 一條鞭 / 一条鞭
* 一溜鞭光
* 一鞭先著 / 一鞭先着
* 七寶鞭 / 七宝鞭
* 七節鞭 / 七节鞭
* 三鞭酒 (sānbiānjiǔ)
* 不須鞭 / 不须鞭
* 九節鞭 / 九节鞭
* 仙人鞭
* 伍員鞭屍 / 伍员鞭尸
* 停鞭
* 先吾著鞭 / 先吾着鞭
* 先鞭
* 刺絲鞭 / 刺丝鞭
* 制鞭
* 加鞭 (jiābiān)
* 千子鞭
* 反鞭
* 吟鞭
* 吹鞭
* 執教鞭 / 执教鞭
* 執鞭 / 执鞭 (zhíbiān)
* 執鞭墜鐙 / 执鞭坠镫
* 執鞭隨鐙 / 执鞭随镫
* 小條鞭 / 小条鞭
* 征鞭
* 後鞭 / 后鞭
* 快馬加鞭 / 快马加鞭 (kuàimǎjiābiān)
* 截鐙留鞭 / 截镫留鞭
* 投鞭
* 投鞭斷流 / 投鞭断流
* 抽鞭子
* 挂鞭
* 接絲鞭 / 接丝鞭
* 掌鞭
* 掌鞭的
* 揚鞭 / 扬鞭 (yángbiān)
* 搖鞭 / 摇鞭
* 擊鞭 / 击鞭
* 擊鞭鎚鐙 / 击鞭锤镫
* 放鞭炮
* 教鞭 (jiàobiān)
* 條鞭 / 条鞭
* 梔鞭 / 栀鞭
* 條鞭法 / 条鞭法
* 楊柳鞭 / 杨柳鞭
* 榆鞭
* 法鞭
* 淨鞭 / 净鞭
* 火鞭
* 熟靼鞭
* 狂鞭
* 猛著先鞭 / 猛着先鞭
* 猛著祖鞭 / 猛着祖鞭
* 皮鞭
* 祖生鞭
* 祖逖鞭
* 祖鞭
* 祖鞭先著 / 祖鞭先着
* 秉鞭
* 竹節鞭 / 竹节鞭
* 竹鞭
* 笞鞭
* 笞鳳鞭鸞 / 笞凤鞭鸾
* 筍鞭 / 笋鞭
* 箸鞭
* 籠鞭 / 笼鞭
* 絲鞭 / 丝鞭
* 繞朝鞭 / 绕朝鞭
* 聯鞭 / 联鞭
* 著先鞭 / 着先鞭
* 著鞭 / 着鞭
* 蒲鞭
* 蒲鞭不施
* 蒲鞭不用
* 蒲鞭之政
* 蒲鞭示辱
* 蠟鞭 / 蜡鞭
* 蠻鞭 / 蛮鞭
* 贈鞭 / 赠鞭
* 赤鞭
* 赭鞭
* 趕山鞭 / 赶山鞭
* 躍馬揚鞭 / 跃马扬鞭
* 辟歷施鞭
* 連鞭 / 连鞭 (liâm-piⁿ)
* 醉垂鞭
* 醉鞭
* 鐵節鞭 / 铁节鞭
* 鐵鞭 / 铁鞭 (tiěbiān)
* 鐵鞭草 / 铁鞭草
* 鐵馬鞭 / 铁马鞭
* 雷神鞭
* 電鞭 / 电鞭
* 雷鞭
* 霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān)
* 靈鞭 / 灵鞭
* 靜鞭 / 静鞭
* 鞭不及腹
* 鞭凳
* 鞭刑 (biānxíng)
* 鞭勒
* 鞭勵 / 鞭励
* 鞭叱
* 鞭呼
* 鞭哨
* 鞭墓
* 鞭子 (biānzi)
* 鞭屍 / 鞭尸 (biānshī)
* 鞭帽
* 鞭弭
* 鞭弰
* 鞭影
* 鞭恥 / 鞭耻
* 鞭打 (biāndǎ)
* 鞭扑
* 鞭抶
* 鞭拊
* 鞭捶
* 鞭撲 / 鞭扑
* 鞭擗
* 鞭擊 / 鞭击
* 鞭撾 / 鞭挝
* 鞭撻 / 鞭挞 (biāntà)
* 鞭擗向裡 / 鞭擗向里
* 鞭擗進裡 / 鞭擗进里
* 鞭斃 / 鞭毙
* 鞭春
* 鞭朴
* 鞭杠
* 鞭杖
* 鞭杆溜子
* 鞭杻
* 鞭板
* 鞭梢
* 鞭桶
* 鞭楚
* 鞭殺 / 鞭杀
* 鞭毛 (biānmáo)
* 鞭毛藻
* 鞭毛蟲 / 鞭毛虫
* 鞭炮 (biānpào)
* 鞭爆
* 鞭牛
* 鞭痕
* 鞭督
* 鞭石
* 鞭石成橋 / 鞭石成桥
* 鞭磔
* 鞭稍
* 鞭笞 (biānchī)
* 鞭笞天下
* 鞭笞鸞鳳 / 鞭笞鸾凤
* 鞭筍 / 鞭笋
* 鞭策 (biāncè)
* 鞭節 / 鞭节
* 鞭箠 / 鞭棰
* 鞭箭
* 鞭簡 / 鞭简
* 鞭約 / 鞭约
* 鞭約近裡 / 鞭约近里
* 鞭絲 / 鞭丝
* 鞭絲帽影 / 鞭丝帽影
* 鞭縛 / 鞭缚
* 鞭罰 / 鞭罚
* 鞭聲 / 鞭声
* 鞭背
* 鞭茁
* 鞭草
* 鞭著 / 鞭着
* 鞭蒲
* 鞭血
* 鞭行
* 鞭警
* 鞭責 / 鞭责
* 鞭蹬
* 鞭轡 / 鞭辔
* 鞭辟
* 鞭辟入裡 (biānpìrùlǐ)
* 鞭辟向裡
* 鞭辟著裡 / 鞭辟着里
* 鞭辟近裡
* 鞭鐙 / 鞭镫
* 鞭長不及 / 鞭长不及
* 鞭長莫及 / 鞭长莫及 (biānchángmòjí)
* 鞭長駕遠 / 鞭长驾远
* 鞭靈走石 / 鞭灵走石
* 鞭面
* 鞭靮
* 鞭靴
* 鞭鞘
* 鞭韃 / 鞭鞑 (biāndá)
* 鞭颩 / 鞭𱃔
* 鞭駑策蹇 / 鞭驽策蹇
* 鞭驅 / 鞭驱
* 鞭鸞笞鳳 / 鞭鸾笞凤
* 鞭麟笞鳳 / 鞭麟笞凤
* 鞭鼓
* 響鞭 / 响鞭
* 馬腹逃鞭 / 马腹逃鞭
* 馬鞭 / 马鞭 (mǎbiān)
* 驅石神鞭 / 驱石神鞭
* 鳴鞭 / 鸣鞭
* 鳴鞭電抹 / 鸣鞭电抹
* 麒麟鞭
* 黨鞭 / 党鞭 (dǎngbiān)
* 鼓鞭
* 龍鞭 / 龙鞭

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04521

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: へん (hen)
* Kan-on: へん (hen)
* Kan’yō-on: べん (ben)
* Kun: むち (muchi, 鞭)、むちうつ (muchiutsu, 鞭つ)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鞭
* むち Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 笞 策
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

鞭(むち) • (muchi)
* whip
    鞭(むち)で打(う)つ
       muchi de utsu
       to whip; to flog
** 1999 March 1, “グロス [Gross]”, in BOOSTER 1, Konami:
    ムチのように長(なが)い腕(うで)で、少(すこ)し離(はな)れたところでも攻(こう)撃(げき)できる。
       Muchi no yō ni nagai ude de, sukoshi wa nareta tokoro de mo kōgeki dekiru.
       It attacks from a short distance with its long whip-like arms.
** 2000 July 13, “ツインテール [Twin-Tail]”, in Pharaoh’s Servant －ファラオのしもべ－, Konami:
    ムチのようなしっぽ２本(ほん)を振(ふ)り回(まわ)し攻(こう)撃(げき)する、水(すい)中(ちゅう)生(せい)物(ぶつ)。
       Muchi no yō na shippo ni-hon o furimawashi kōgeki suru, suichū seibutsu.
       An aquatic creature that attacks by brandishing its 2 whip-like tails.

## Korean
### Hanja

鞭 • (pyeon) (hangeul 편, revised pyeon, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏn, Yale phyen)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鞭: Hán Nôm readings: tiên, tiệm
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.