# 辨

| 辨 | U+8FA8, &#36776; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA8 |
| ← 辧 [U+8FA7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 辩 → [U+8FA9] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 弁 |
| Simplified | 辨 |
| Traditional | 辨 |

### Han character

辨 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜十戈中十 (YJILJ), four-corner 0044$_1$, composition ⿲辛⿰丿丿辛(GJK) or ⿲辛⿰丶丿辛(HT) or ⿲辛⿰丨丿辛(V))

#### Derived characters

* 𪭀

#### References

* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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

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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biàn (bian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bin$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phien
* Northern Min (KCR): bìng
* Eastern Min (BUC): biêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): piǎn / piān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): biang$^6$ / biêng$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$bi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^4$
*** Yale: byàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
*** Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bin$^6$
*** Yale: bihn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bin$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bin$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phien
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pian$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bìng
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biêng
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛŋ²⁴²/
* 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: biang$^6$ / biêng$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: piăng / piĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /piaŋ³⁵/, /pieŋ³⁵/
* biang6 - Shantou;
* biêng6 - Chaozhou.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit辨 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pian⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pian⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /piã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /piã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pian³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /piã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /piã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pian¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /piɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /piɛn³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pian¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pian²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /piɛ̃²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pien⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /piĩ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pie⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pie̞³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pie⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /bi²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /biɪ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /biẽ̞¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /bi³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰe²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /piɛ²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /piẽ⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /piẽ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰiɛn²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰien⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰien⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pin²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pin²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pin²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pian²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /piɛŋ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /piŋ⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /piaŋ³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbin³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: bjenX
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 | /bˠiᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /bjɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯ɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]renʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*brenʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 辨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | biàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjen$^X$ › |
| 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

辨
* to distinguish; to discriminate
    From: Shuoyuan, circa 1st century BCE
    Huìshì kě yù biàn wù, zhìshì kě yù biàn wúfāng, shèngrén kě yù biàn shénmíng. [Pinyin]
    Intelligent men can participate in discussions of ordinary affairs; wise men can participate in discussions of an unlimited range of matters; and sages can participate in discussions of the most rarefied spiritual matters.

#### Compounds

* 不辨菽麥 / 不辨菽麦 (bùbiànshūmài)
* 以盲辨色 (yǐmángbiànsè)
* 以聾辨聲 / 以聋辨声
* 分辨 (fēnbiàn)
* 分辨是非
* 口才辨給 / 口才辨给
* 思辨 (sībiàn)
* 慎思明辨
* 手寫辨似 / 手写辨似
* 折辨
* 指紋辨識 / 指纹辨识
* 易圖明辨 / 易图明辨
* 明辨 (míngbiàn)
* 明辨是非 (míngbiànshìfēi)
* 有口難辨 / 有口难辨
* 未辨東西 / 未辨东西
* 歷歷可辨 / 历历可辨
* 真偽莫辨 / 真伪莫辨
* 眼辨
* 自動辨識 / 自动辨识
* 莫辨楮葉 / 莫辨楮叶
* 菽麥不辨 / 菽麦不辨
* 見貌辨色 / 见貌辨色
* 論辨 / 论辨
* 辨別 / 辨别 (biànbié)
* 辨味
* 辨復 / 辨复
* 辨志 (biànzhì)
* 辨惑
* 辨折
* 辨敏
* 辨明 (biànmíng)
* 辨本
* 辨析 (biànxī)
* 辨正 (biànzhèng)
* 辨白 (biànbái)
* 辨給 / 辨给
* 辨色
* 辨處 / 辨处
* 辨裁
* 辨覈
* 辨認 / 辨认 (biànrèn, “to distinguish, to discriminate”)
* 辨論 / 辨论
* 辨識 / 辨识 (biànshí)
* 辨證 / 辨证 (biànzhèng)
* 辨章
* 辨駁 / 辨驳
* 鑒毛辨色 / 鉴毛辨色
* 鑒貌辨色 / 鉴貌辨色
* 隸辨 / 隶辨
* 雌雄莫辨

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàn (ban$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$
*** Yale: bàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
*** Palladius: бань (banʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: beanH
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 | /bˠɛn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚæn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bæn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bəɨn$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bɛn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bæn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱăn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*breːns/
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

辨
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to prepare; to equip
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to administer; to govern; to manage

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 弁 |
| Kyūjitai | 辨 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弁)
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#### Readings

* 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

* 辨官
* 辨財天

#### Usage notes

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

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC bjenX).

#### Hanja

辨 (eumhun 분별할 변 (bunbyeolhal byeon))
* hanja form of 변 (“distinguish, differentiate, discern”)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 辨 (MC beanH).

#### Hanja

辨 (eumhun 갖출 판 (gatchul pan))
* hanja form of 판 (“prepare, equip”)
辨 (eumhun 두루 편 (duru pyeon))
* hanja form of 편 (“without exception”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

辨: Hán Nôm readings: biện, bẹn
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