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Chinese characters :
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Character: �
Modern (Beijing) reading: biàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: pēns
Classic Old Chinese: pēnh
Western Han Chinese: pjānh
Eastern Han Chinese: piānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: piḕn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: piḕn
Late Postclassic Chinese: piḕn
Middle Chinese: pìen
English meaning : all together, everywhere, comprehensive
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0246 b
Shijing occurrences: 40.2, 40.3
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *p[ē]n
Meaning: all together
Tibetan: bjin all, the whole, general.
Kachin: (H) phjin to go round, encircle.
Comments: Jnp. phjin can also be compared with Tib. ãphjil wind, twist (see under *qhʷiɫ). Cf. PAN *baban 'group, collection'. stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,stibet-comments,
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