檳

See also: 梹, and 槟

檳 U+6AB3, 檳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AB3 ← 檲 [U+6AB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 檴 → [U+6AB4]

Translingual

Han character

檳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木十一金 (DJMC), four-corner 4398₆, composition ⿰木賓)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 558, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15734
• Dae Jaweon: page 948, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1310, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6AB3

Chinese

trad.		檳
simp.		槟
alternative forms		㯽 梹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠙	*biːn, *bin
賓	*mpin
檳	*pin
鑌	*pin
濱	*pin
顮	*pin
儐	*pin, *pins
矉	*pin
擯	*pins
殯	*pins
鬢	*pins
繽	*pʰin
嬪	*bin
薲	*bin
獱	*bin
臏	*binʔ
髕	*binʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pin) : semantic 木 + phonetic 賓 (OC *mpin).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīn, bīng (bin¹, bing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄣ, ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pîn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pin / pun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bing¹ / bêng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland for some senses; standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bin
    • Wade–Giles: pin¹
    • Yale: bīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bin
    • Palladius: бинь (binʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland for most senses; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bing
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹
    • Yale: bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing
    • Palladius: бин (bin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵/

Note: bīn - standard in Mainland in 香檳／香槟 (xiāngbīn) and 檳子／槟子 (bīnzi).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban¹
    • Yale: bān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Zhangzhou, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pin
    • Tâi-lô: pin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pyn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /pin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Kinmen): /pin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun
    • Tâi-lô: pun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pwn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /pun⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bing¹ / bêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ping / peng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ³³/, /peŋ³³/

Note: beng1 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pin
    • MiniDict: pin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjin

Rime
Character	檳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	必鄰切
Baxter	pjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/piɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/pin/
Shao Rongfen	/pjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pin/
Li Rong	/piĕn/
Wang Li	/pĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ban1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檳
Reading #	1/1
No.	838
Phonetic component	賓
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	賔
Old Chinese	/*pin/

Definitions

檳

1. Used in compounds.
2. (Malaysia, Singapore) Short for 檳城／槟城 (Bīngchéng, “Penang, Malaysia”).

   檳市廳／槟市厅  ―  Bīn shìtīng  ―  Municipality of Penang

Compounds

• 檳城／槟城 (Bīngchéng)
• 檳子／槟子 (bīnzi)
• 檳椥／槟椥 (Bīnzhī)
• 檳榔／槟榔 (bīngláng)
• 檳榔嶼／槟榔屿 (Bīngláng Yǔ)
• 檳榔攤／槟榔摊
• 檳榔西施／槟榔西施 (bīngláng xīshī)
• 檳樹／槟树
• 雞檳／鸡槟
• 香檳／香槟 (xiāngbīn)
• 香檳酒／香槟酒 (xiāngbīnjiǔ)
• 香檳集市／香槟集市
• 馬檳榔／马槟榔

 

References

• “檳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

檳

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. betel nut; betel palm tree

Readings

• On (unclassified): びん (bin)、ひん (hin)
• Kun: びんろうし (binrōshi)

Korean

Hanja

檳 • (bin) (hangeul 빈, revised bin, McCune–Reischauer pin, Yale pin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

檳: Hán Nôm readings: tân

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