# 彬

| 彬 | U+5F6C, &#24428; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F6C |
| ← 彫 [U+5F6B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 彭 → [U+5F6D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彬 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木木竹竹 (DDHH), four-corner 4292$_2$, composition ⿰林彡)

#### Derived characters

* 𬈥, 𪹡, 𧈇, 霦, 𪬟

#### Related characters

* 斌 (Variant form used in given names)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9996
* Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 854, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5F6C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 彬
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 虨 | *prɯːn, *prɯn, *pʰrɯn |
| 彬 | *prɯn |
| 霦 | *prɯn |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯn): abbreviated phonetic 焚 (OC *bun) + semantic 彡.
Alternatively may be phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *prɯn): abbreviated phonetic 棼 (OC *bɯn) + semantic 彡.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bīn (bin$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ban$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pîn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pin
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bing$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bin
*** Wade–Giles: pin$^1$
*** Yale: bīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bin
*** Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pin⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ban$^1$
*** Yale: bān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ban$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɐn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: bin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pin²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
*** Tâi-lô: pin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pin³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bing$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: pin
Rime :
| Character | 彬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府巾切 |
| Baxter | pin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pien/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pjin/ |
| Li Rong | /pjĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /pǐĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bīn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ban$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*prɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 彬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 826 |
| Phonetic component | 彬 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 彬 |
| Old Chinese | /*prɯn/ |
| Notes | 說文份古文 |

### Definitions

彬
* elegant; refined
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* (elegant):
* 優美 / 优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
* 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
* 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
* 嫻 / 娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
* 嫻靜 / 娴静 (xiánjìng)
* 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
* 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
* 文雅 (wényǎ)
* 文靜 / 文静 (wénjìng)
* 斯文 (sīwén)
* 斯文胎胎 (si$^1$ wen$^2$ tai$^1$ tai$^1$) (Sichuanese)
* 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
* 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
* 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 雅相 (ia$^3$ sian$^4$) (Xiang)
* 雅緻 / 雅致 (yǎzhì)
* 高尚 (gāoshàng)
* 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “elegant”):
* 低下 (dīxià)
* 低俗 (dīsú)
* 低級 / 低级 (dījí)
* 俗氣 / 俗气 (súqì)
* 俗骨 (zuk$^6$ gwat$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 傖俗 / 伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
* 卑俗 (bēisú)
* 庸俗 (yōngsú)
* 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
* 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)

### Compounds

* 大彬壺 / 大彬壶
* 彬彬 (bīnbīn)
* 彬彬君子
* 彬彬文質 / 彬彬文质
* 彬彬有禮 / 彬彬有礼 (bīnbīnyǒulǐ)
* 彬蔚
* 文質彬彬 / 文质彬彬 (wénzhìbīnbīn)
* 江彬
* 濟濟彬彬 / 济济彬彬
* 璘彬 (línbīn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* refined

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひん (hin)、ふん (fun)
* Kan-on: ひん (hin)、ふん (fun)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 彬らか)、うるわしい (uruwashii, 彬しい)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)、あき (aki)、よし (yoshi)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 彬
* あきら Jinmeiyō
* nanori
* (Tokyo) あきら [áꜜkìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [a̠kʲiɾa̠]

### Proper noun

彬(あきら) • (Akira)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

彬 (eumhun 빛날 빈 (binnal bin))
* bright

## Vietnamese
### Han character

彬: Hán Nôm readings: băn, bận, bân
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#### References

* Nom Foundation