Character: 辯
Modern (Beijing) reading: biàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: brenʔ
Classic Old Chinese: brén
Western Han Chinese: brján
Eastern Han Chinese: brán
Early Postclassic Chinese: bén
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bén
Late Postclassic Chinese: bén
Middle Chinese: bén
English meaning : to distinguish, discriminate, arrange properly
Russian meaning[s]: 1) спорить, дискутировать, препираться; спор, диспут; 2) красноречивый; 3) различать, см. 辨
Comments: For *b- cf. Xiamen pian6, Chaozhou pieŋ4, Fuzhou pieŋ6, Jianou paiŋ6.
Radical: 149
Four-angle index: 2415
Karlgren code: 0219 e
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