# 頒

| 頒 | U+9812, &#38930; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9812 |
| ← 頑 [U+9811] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 頓 → [U+9813] |

## Translingual
### Han character

頒 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹一月金 (CHMBC), four-corner 8128$_6$, composition ⿰分頁)

#### Derived characters

* 𥂾

#### Related characters

* 颁 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43378
* Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4362, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9812

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 頒
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 扮 | *prɯːns, *hmroːlʔ, *pɯn, *pɯnʔ |
| 盼 | *pʰrɯːns |
| 頒 | *praːn, *bɯn |
| 朌 | *praːn, *bɯn |
| 鳻 | *praːn, *bɯn |
| 份 | *prɯn, *bɯns |
| 汃 | *pʰreːd, *prɯn |
| 玢 | *prɯn |
| 邠 | *prɯn |
| 攽 | *prɯn |
| 砏 | *prɯn, *pʰrɯn, *pʰɯn |
| 貧 | *brɯn |
| 湓 | *pʰɯːns, *bɯːn, *pʰɯns |
| 盆 | *bɯːn |
| 葐 | *bɯːn, *bɯn, *bɯn |
| 坌 | *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns |
| 坋 | *bɯːns, *bɯnʔ, *bɯns |
| 分 | *pɯn, *bɯns |
| 吩 | *pɯn |
| 粉 | *pɯnʔ |
| 黺 | *pɯnʔ |
| 芬 | *pʰɯn |
| 紛 | *pʰɯn |
| 衯 | *pʰɯn |
| 棻 | *pʰɯn, *bɯn |
| 氛 | *pʰɯn, *bɯn |
| 雰 | *pʰɯn |
| 忿 | *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯnʔ |
| 魵 | *pʰɯnʔ, *pʰɯns, *bɯn, *bɯnʔ |
| 汾 | *bɯn |
| 羒 | *bɯn |
| 枌 | *bɯn |
| 棼 | *bɯn |
| 妢 | *bɯn |
| 梤 | *bɯn |
| 馚 | *bɯn |
| 鼢 | *bɯn, *bɯnʔ |
| 蚡 | *bɯn, *bɯnʔ |
| 弅 | *bɯnʔ |
| 秎 | *bɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *praːn, *bɯn): phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bān (ban$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baan$^1$ / paan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pân
    (Hailu, HRS): ban$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ban$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): băng / păng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bang$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ban
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^1$
*** Yale: bān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ban
*** Palladius: бань (banʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baan$^1$ / paan$^1$
*** Yale: bāan / pāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baan$^1$ / paan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ban$^1$ / pan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːn⁵⁵/, /pʰaːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pân
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ban$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pan⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: băng / păng
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bang$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bang
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pan
*** Tâi-lô: pan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: paen
Rime :
| Character | 頒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 布還切 |
| Baxter | paen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠan/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚan/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /pan/ |
| Wang Li | /pan/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤ<r>ə[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*praːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 頒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pæn › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁ<r>ə[n]/ (MC F!) |
| English | distribute |
| 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 | 頒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3130 |
| Phonetic component | 分 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 班 |
| Old Chinese | /*praːn/ |

#### Definitions

頒
* to confer; to bestow; to grant; to present
    頒獎／颁奖 ― bānjiǎng ― to present a prize
* to publish; to promulgate
* Used in 頒白／颁白.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fén (fen$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fén
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fén
*** Wade–Giles: fên$^2$
*** Yale: fén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fern
*** Palladius: фэнь (fɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fan$^4$
*** Yale: fàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjun
Rime :
| Character | 頒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符分切 |
| Baxter | bjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /biun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bun/ |
| Li Rong | /biuən/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fén |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 頒 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3169 |
| Phonetic component | 分 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 汾 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯn/ |

#### Definitions

頒
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) having a large head
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yú zài zài zǎo, yǒu fén qí shǒu. [Pinyin]
    The fish are there, there among the pondweed, Showing their large heads.

### Compounds

* 分頒 / 分颁
* 匪頒 / 匪颁
* 平頒 / 平颁
* 春頒 / 春颁
* 行頒 / 行颁
* 賜頒 / 赐颁
* 遺頒 / 遗颁
* 頒付 / 颁付
* 頒令 / 颁令 (bānlìng)
* 頒佈 / 颁布
* 頒冰 / 颁冰
* 頒告 / 颁告
* 頒奬 / 颁奖
* 頒學 / 颁学
* 頒定 / 颁定
* 頒官 / 颁官
* 頒宣 / 颁宣
* 頒布 / 颁布 (bānbù)
* 頒師 / 颁师
* 頒常 / 颁常
* 頒式 / 颁式
* 頒授 / 颁授 (bānshòu)
* 頒揚 / 颁扬
* 頒政 / 颁政
* 頒斌 / 颁斌
* 頒方 / 颁方
* 頒曆 / 颁历
* 頒朔 / 颁朔 (bānshuò)
* 頒條 / 颁条
* 頒榜 / 颁榜
* 頒正 / 颁正
* 頒歷 / 颁历
* 頒犒 / 颁犒
* 頒獎 / 颁奖 (bānjiǎng)
* 頒獎典禮 / 颁奖典礼
* 頒發 / 颁发 (bānfā)
* 頒白 / 颁白 (bānbái)
* 頒示 / 颁示 (bānshì)
* 頒禽 / 颁禽
* 頒秩 / 颁秩
* 頒給 / 颁给
* 頒職 / 颁职
* 頒行 / 颁行 (bānxíng)
* 頒衣 / 颁衣
* 頒詔 / 颁诏
* 頒賜 / 颁赐
* 頒賚 / 颁赉
* 頒賞 / 颁赏 (bānshǎng)
* 頒贈 / 颁赠 (bānzèng)
* 頒金 / 颁金
* 頒錫 / 颁锡
* 頒降 / 颁降 (bānjiàng)
* 頒首 / 颁首
* 頒馬 / 颁马
* 頒駕 / 颁驾
* 頒鬢 / 颁鬓

### References

* “頒”, 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 | 頒 |
| Kyūjitai | 頒 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* distribute, partition

#### Readings

* Go-on: へん (hen)、ぶん (bun)
* Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)、ふん (fun)
* Kun: わける (wakeru, 頒ける)、しく (shiku, 頒く)

## Korean
### Hanja

頒 • (ban, bun) (hangeul 반, 분, revised ban, bun, McCune–Reischauer pan, pun, Yale pan, pun)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

頒: Hán Nôm readings: ban
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