Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 扁

Modern (Beijing) reading: biǎn

Preclassic Old Chinese: pēnʔ

Classic Old Chinese: pḗn

Western Han Chinese: pjā́n

Eastern Han Chinese: piā́n

Early Postclassic Chinese: piḗn

Middle Postclassic Chinese: piḗn

Late Postclassic Chinese: piḗn

Middle Chinese: píen

English meaning : be flat and thin

Russian meaning[s]: 1) плоский, тонкий, листовой, пластинчатый; 2) Бянь (фамилия); [piǎn] маленький

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 63

Four-angle index: 3695

Karlgren code: 0246 a

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pērH

Meaning: flat

Chinese: 扁 *pēnʔ flat and thin, 楄 *b_ē̆n board under body in coffin.

Burmese: pjań plank, flat surface (OB pjan).

Kachin: phjen² be spread out and thus flat, (H) bjen be flat and wide.

Lushai: pēr (perʔ) flat and thin, KC *Pēr.

Comments: Kham pǝlē flat (as a board); Dimasa gepher flat. Sh. 49; Ben. 73; Luce 63.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 744

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 扁

MC description : 山開四上銑幫

ZIHUI: 2078 1773

Beijing: pian 2

Jinan: piã 2

Xi'an: piã 2

Taiyuan: piɛ 2

Hankou: pian 2

Chengdu: pian 2

Yangzhou: pi_̃ 2

Suzhou: pî 2

Wenzhou: pi 21

Changsha: piẽ 2

Shuangfeng: pî̃ 2

Nanchang: piɛn 2

Meixian: piɛn 2

Guangzhou: pin 21

Xiamen: pian 2 (lit.); pĩ 2

Chaozhou: pieŋ 21

Fuzhou: pieŋ 2

Shanghai: pî 3

Zhongyuan yinyun: pien 2

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