# 辯

| 辯 | U+8FAF, &#36783; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FAF |
| ← 辮 [U+8FAE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 辰 → [U+8FB0] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 辯 |
| Shinjitai | 弁 |
| Simplified | 辩 |

### Han character

辯 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+14, 21 strokes, cangjie input 卜十卜口十 (YJYRJ), four-corner 0044$_1$, composition ⿲辛訁辛)

#### Derived characters

* 𡅼, 𨐾, 䉸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1252, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38677
* Dae Jaweon: page 1732, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4045, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8FAF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 辯
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 辬 | *praːn |
| 瓣 | *breːns |
| 辦 | *breːns |
| 辨 | *breːns, *brenʔ |
| 辡 | *prenʔ, *brenʔ |
| 辯 | *brenʔ |
| 辮 | *beːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *brenʔ): phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 言 (“say”). However, the phonetic component (which is the reduplication of the Kangxi radical of the knife to mark prisoners) perhaps symbolizes two prisoners accusing each other, hence "debating in an aggressive manner".

### Etymology

Cognate with 辨 (OC *breːns, *brenʔ, “to distinguish”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): biàn (bian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bin$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): bìng
* Eastern Min (BUC): biêng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): piǎn / piān
    (Teochew, Peng'im): biang$^6$ / biêng$^6$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$bi / $^6$bie / $^6$bien
* 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/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bìng
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biêng
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: beng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛŋ²¹/
* 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.
* Middle Chinese: bjenX
Rime :
| Character | 辯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| 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 | 辯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | biàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjen$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]renʔ/ |
| English | distinguish, dispute (v.) |
| 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 | 辯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 786 |
| Phonetic component | 辡 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 辯 |
| Old Chinese | /*brenʔ/ |

### Definitions

辯
* to debate; to argue; to discuss
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 辨 (“to distinguish; to differentiate”)
    From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
    Shàng tiān xià zé, lǚ, jūnzǐ yǐ biàn shàngxià, ān mínzhì. [Pinyin]
    (The trigram representing) the sky above, and below it (that representing the waters of) a marsh, form Lu. The superior man, in accordance with this, discriminates between high and low, and gives settlement to the aims of the people.

### Compounds

* 主辯 / 主辩
* 九辯 / 九辩
* 伏辯 / 伏辩
* 佹辯 / 佹辩
* 分辯 / 分辩 (fēnbiàn)
* 助辯 / 助辩
* 口辯 / 口辩 (kǒubiàn)
* 名辯 / 名辩
* 大辯不言 / 大辩不言
* 大辯若訥 / 大辩若讷
* 好辯 / 好辩
* 宏辯 / 宏辩
* 巧言舌辯 / 巧言舌辩
* 巧辯 / 巧辩 (qiǎobiàn)
* 強制辯護 / 强制辩护
* 強辯 / 强辩 (qiǎngbiàn)
* 折辯 / 折辩
* 抗辯 / 抗辩 (kàngbiàn)
* 拆辯 / 拆辩
* 攔詞抵辯 / 拦词抵辩
* 服辯 / 服辩
* 滔滔雄辯 / 滔滔雄辩
* 激辯 / 激辩
* 無可置辯 / 无可置辩
* 無庸置辯 / 无庸置辩
* 爭辯 / 争辩 (zhēngbiàn)
* 狡辯 / 狡辩 (jiǎobiàn)
* 申辯 / 申辩 (shēnbiàn)
* 百口莫辯 / 百口莫辩 (bǎikǒumòbiàn)
* 百喙莫辯 / 百喙莫辩 (bǎihuìmòbiàn)
* 百辭莫辯 / 百辞莫辩
* 真理越辯越明 / 真理越辩越明 (zhēnlǐ yuèbiànyuèmíng)
* 答辯 / 答辩 (dábiàn)
* 答辯書 / 答辩书
* 米鹽博辯 / 米盐博辩
* 結辯 / 结辩
* 置辯 / 置辩 (zhìbiàn)
* 聲辯 / 声辩 (shēngbiàn)
* 能言善辯 / 能言善辩 (néngyánshànbiàn)
* 能言舌辯 / 能言舌辩
* 舌辯之士 / 舌辩之士
* 言詞辯論 / 言词辩论
* 誇辯 / 夸辩
* 詭辯 / 诡辩 (guǐbiàn)
* 詭辯學派 / 诡辩学派
* 論辯 / 论辩
* 辯人 / 辩人
* 辯冤 / 辩冤
* 辯口利舌 / 辩口利舌
* 辯口利辭 / 辩口利辞
* 辯圃學林 / 辩圃学林
* 辯士 / 辩士 (biànshì)
* 辯惠 / 辩惠
* 辯才 / 辩才 (biàncái)
* 辯才無礙 / 辩才无碍 (biàncáiwú'ài)
* 辯捷 / 辩捷
* 辯析 / 辩析
* 辯白 / 辩白 (biànbái)
* 辯知閎達 / 辩知闳达
* 辯稱 / 辩称 (biànchēng)
* 辯給 / 辩给
* 辯解 / 辩解 (biànjiě)
* 辯誣 / 辩诬 (biànwū)
* 辯說 / 辩说
* 辯論 / 辩论 (biànlùn)
* 辯論會 / 辩论会 (biànlùnhuì)
* 辯論術 / 辩论术
* 辯證 / 辩证 (biànzhèng)
* 辯證法 / 辩证法 (biànzhèngfǎ)
* 辯證邏輯 / 辩证逻辑 (biànzhèng luójí)
* 辯護 / 辩护 (biànhù)
* 辯護人 / 辩护人 (biànhùrén)
* 辯賴 / 辩赖
* 辯贍 / 辩赡
* 辯難 / 辩难 (biànnàn)
* 辯章 / 辩章
* 辯駁 / 辩驳 (biànbó)
* 辯鬥 / 辩斗
* 雄辯 / 雄辩 (xióngbiàn)
* 雄辯滔滔 / 雄辩滔滔 (xióngbiàntāotāo)
* 雄辯高談 / 雄辩高谈
* 飛辯 / 飞辩
* 馳辯 / 驰辩
* 高談雄辯 / 高谈雄辩

### References

* “辯”, 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

| Shinjitai | 弁 |
| Kyūjitai | 辯 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弁)

#### Readings

* Go-on: べん (ben)
* Kan-on: へん (hen)
* Kun: わける (wakeru)、あらそう (arasō)

#### Compounds

* 関西辯(かんさいべん) (Kansai-Ben)
* 能辯(のうべん) (nōben)
* 詭(き)辯(べん) (kiben)
* 辯才天(べんざいてん) (benzaiten), 辨財天(べんざいてん) (benzaiten)

### Suffix

辯(べん) • (-ben)
* dialect

#### Usage notes

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

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 辯 (MC bjenX).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 뼌〯 (Yale: ppyěn) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 변〯 (pyěn) (Yale: pyěn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pjɘ(ː)n]
* Phonetic hangul: [변(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 辯 (eumhun 말씀 변 (malsseum byeon))
* hanja form of 변 (“debate; discuss”)

#### Compounds

* 궤변 (詭辯, gwebyeon)
* 답변 (答辯, dapbyeon)
* 대변 (代辯, daebyeon)
* 대변인 (代辯人, daebyeonin)
* 변론 (辯論, byeollon)
* 변호 (辯護, byeonho)
* 변호사 (辯護士, byeonhosa)
* 웅변 (雄辯, ungbyeon)
* 항변 (抗辯, hangbyeon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

辯: Hán Nôm readings: biện
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