# 爿

| 爿 | U+723F, &#29247; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723F |
| ← 爾 [U+723E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 牀 → [U+7240] |
| ⽙ | U+2F59, &#12121; KANGXI RADICAL HALF TREE TRUNK |
| ← ⽘ [U+2F58] | Kangxi Radicals | ⽚ → [U+2F5A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

爿 (Kangxi radical 90, 爿+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女中一 (VLM), four-corner 2220$_0$, composition ⿰⿱𠃊丆丨)
* Kangxi radical #90, ⽙.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/爿
* 𢪫, 𤕭, 𡉟, 壯, 妝, 𢍿, 戕, 𢪇, 斨, 狀, 𧢼, 𨟻, 將, 𩡽, 𧌜, 𩿄, 𪧇
* 疒, 𤕫, 臧

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19758
* Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 1
* Unihan data for U+723F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爿 :
| Shang | Shang | Warring States | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 臧 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 牂 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 戕 | *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ |
| 贓 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 藏 | *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs |
| 奘 | *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs |
| 臟 | *zaːŋs |
| 將 | *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs |
| 漿 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 鱂 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 蔣 | *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 螿 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 槳 | *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 獎 | *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 醬 | *ʔsaŋs |
| 鏘 | *sʰaŋ |
| 蹡 | *sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs |
| 嶈 | *sʰaŋ |
| 斨 | *sʰaŋ |
| 爿 | *braːn, *zaŋ |
| 牆 | *zaŋ |
| 妝 | *ʔsraŋ |
| 莊 | *ʔsraŋ |
| 裝 | *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs |
| 壯 | *ʔsraŋs |
| 疒 | *rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ |
| 床 | *zraŋ |
| 牀 | *zraŋ |
| 狀 | *zraŋs |
| | Old Chinese |
| 爿 | *braːn, *zaŋ |
| 片 | *pʰeːns |
| 沜 | *pʰaːns |
Pictogram (象形) – a bed. The original form of 牀 (OC *zraŋ). In the character 臧, it appears as a contracted form.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pán, bàn (pan$^2$, ban$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ, ㄅㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baan$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bèng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pêng / pûiⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): boin$^5$ / bain$^5$ / puang$^5$ / puêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$be
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pán
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pán
*** Wade–Giles: pʻan$^2$
*** Yale: pán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
*** Palladius: пань (panʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰän³⁵/
** (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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baan$^6$
*** Yale: baahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ban$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːn²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bèng
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛiŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
*** Tâi-lô: pîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pûiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: puînn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvuii
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /puĩ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: boin$^5$ / bain$^5$ / puang$^5$ / puêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pôiⁿ / pâiⁿ / phuâng / phuêng
*** Sinological IPA : /põĩ⁵⁵/, /pãĩ⁵⁵/, /pʰuaŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰueŋ⁵⁵/
* boin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
* bain5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang;
* puang5/puêng5 - literary (puêng5 - Chaozhou).
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*braːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爿 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 9739 |
| Phonetic component | 片 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*braːn/ |
| Notes | 𤖭今字 |

#### Definitions

爿
* (dialectal) piece of wood or bamboo (made by chopping)
    柴爿餛飩／柴爿馄饨 [Shanghainese] ― $^6$za-be-wen-den [Wugniu] ― (In olden Shanghai) Moving wonton cart with a wood-burning stove
* (Hokkien) thin piece; slice
* (Southern Min, Eastern Min, Wu) side
    東爿／东爿 [Hokkien] ― tong-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― east; east side
    這爿／这爿 [Hokkien] ― chit-pêng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― here; this side
    後爿／后爿 [Teochew] ― ao$^6$ boin$^5$ [Peng'im] ― rear; back
* (Hokkien, Eastern Min, linguistics) radical
* (dialectal) Classifier for fields.
* (dialectal) Classifier for shops, factories, etc.
* (Hokkien) Classifier for slices.

#### Compounds

* 北半爿
* 北爿
* 北爿爿
* 南半爿
* 南爿
* 南爿爿
* 東半爿 / 东半爿
* 東爿 / 东爿
* 東爿爿 / 东爿爿
* 爿爿
* 西半爿
* 西爿
* 西爿爿

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiáng (qiang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhòng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciáng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiang$^2$
*** Yale: chyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyang
*** Palladius: цян (cjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coeng$^4$
*** Yale: chèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zaŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 爿 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10301 |
| Phonetic component | 爿 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 牆 |
| Old Chinese | /*zaŋ/ |
| Notes | 依段注說文補， 五經文字音牆， 甲文爲牀字 |

#### Definitions

爿
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) piece of wood (made by chopping)

### References

* (Min Nan) “爿”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* The radical 90, which means half a tree trunk or cut wood

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
* Kun: だい (dai)、きぎれ (kigire)

## Korean
### Hanja

爿 (eumhun 나뭇조각 장 (namutjogak jang))

## Vietnamese
### Han character

爿: Hán Nôm readings: tường
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