畔

畔 U+7554, 畔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7554 ← 畓 [U+7553] CJK Unified Ideographs 畕 → [U+7555]

Translingual

Han character

畔 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 田火手 (WFQ), four-corner 6905₀, composition ⿰田半)

Derived characters

• 溿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 760, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21801
• Dae Jaweon: page 1170, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2539, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7554

Chinese

simp. and trad.		畔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畔
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (半) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	*paːns, *pʰaːns
拌	*pʰaːn, *baːnʔ
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	*baːnʔ, *baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːns): semantic 田 (“field”) + phonetic 半 (OC *paːns).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàn (pan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phōaⁿ / phoān / poān
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶boe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan⁴
    • Yale: pàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pann
    • Palladius: пань (panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: bun⁶
    • Yale: buhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvoa
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰuã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoān
    • Tâi-lô: phuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰuan²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poān
    • Tâi-lô: puān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /puan³³/

Note:

• phōaⁿ - vernacular;
• phoān/poān - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶boe
    • MiniDict: boe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³boe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: banH

Rime
Character	畔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄半切
Baxter	banH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwanH/
Li Rong	/buɑnH/
Wang Li	/buɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-pʰˤan-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	畔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pàn
Middle Chinese	‹ banH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-pʰˁan-s/
English	bank between fields
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	畔
Reading #	1/1
No.	261
Phonetic component	半
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	叛
Old Chinese	/*baːns/

Definitions

畔

1. boundary path dividing fields
2. boundary; limit
3. side; beside; to the side

   耳畔  ―  ěrpàn  ―  the rim of one's ears

4. (obsolete) alternative form of 叛 (pàn, “to rebel”)

   • 燕人畔。王曰：「吾甚慚於孟子。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     燕人畔。王曰：「吾甚惭于孟子。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yānrén pàn. Wáng yuē: “Wú shèn cán yú Mèngzǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The people of Yan having rebelled, the King of Qi said, "I feel very much ashamed when I think of Mencius."

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation bàn.

Synonyms

• (side): 旁邊／旁边 (pángbiān)

Compounds

• 倍畔
• 江畔 (jiāngpàn)
• 河畔 (hépàn)
• 湖畔 (húpàn)
• 湖畔詩人 / 湖畔诗人
• 畔奐 / 畔奂
• 畔援
• 畔約 / 畔约
• 讓畔 / 让畔

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pêng / pûiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): boin⁵ / bain⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng
    • Tâi-lô: pîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pûiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puînn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puĩ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: boin⁵ / bain⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pôiⁿ / pâiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /põĩ⁵⁵/, /pãĩ⁵⁵/

Note:

• boin5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
• bain5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang.

Definitions

畔

1. (Southern Min) alternative form of 爿