# 匾

| 匾 | U+533E, &#21310; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533E |
| ← 匽 [U+533D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 匿 → [U+533F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

匾 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹尸月 (SHSB) or 尸戈尸月 (SISB), four-corner 7171$_2$, composition ⿷匚扁)

#### Derived characters

* 𮰩, 𢴂, 𬄈, 𦄒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2689
* Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 88, character 3
* Unihan data for U+533E

## 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 |

### Etymology

From 扁 (OC *peːnʔ, “flat”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): biǎn (bian$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): biàn
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bin$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bien$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pién
* Jin (Wiktionary): bie$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): biēng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pín / pián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bing$^2$ / biang$^2$ / biêng$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bieng$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$pi / $^3$pie / $^3$pi / $^3$pien
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biǎn
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^3$
*** Yale: byǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
*** Palladius: бянь (bjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: biàn
*** Sinological IPA : /piã⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bin$^2$
*** Yale: bín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bin$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /piːn³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bien$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pién
*** Hakka Romanization System: bien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi̯en³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bie$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pie⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng
*** Sinological IPA : /pieŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pín
*** Tâi-lô: pín
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pien
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pin⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pin⁵³/
** (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/
* pín - vernacular;
* pián - literary.
* Middle Chinese: penX
Rime :
| Character | 匾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 方典切 |
| Baxter | penX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pen$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pen$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɛn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pɛn$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pen$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pien$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pien$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*peːnʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 匾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 733 |
| Phonetic component | 扁 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 編 |
| Old Chinese | /*peːnʔ/ |

### Definitions

匾
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flat
* horizontal inscribed board; plaque; silk banner embroidered with eulogy
* a kind of round shallow basket

#### Synonyms

* (horizontal inscribed board):
* 匾額 / 匾额 (biǎn'é)
* 榜額 / 榜额 (bǎng'é)
* 牌匾 (páibiǎn)
* 額 / 额

#### Compounds

* 匾匾的
* 匾扎
* 匾打側卓 / 匾打侧卓
* 匾擔 / 匾担
* 匾短
* 匾窄
* 匾聯 / 匾联
* 匾額 / 匾额 (biǎn'é)
* 匾食
* 橫匾 / 横匾
* 牌匾 (páibiǎn)
* 賀匾 / 贺匾
* 躧匾稱鉈 / 𰸐匾称铊

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): へん (hen)
* Kun: うすい (usui)、ひらたい (hiratai)、がく (gaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

匾 (eum 편 (pyeon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

匾: Hán Nôm readings: biển
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