萹

萹 · biān / biǎn

grass

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
biān · biǎn
Cantonese
pin1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

grass

Dictionary definitions & readings

萹 biān · see 萹蓄 biān xù; Taiwan pr. piān

萹 biǎn · see 萹豆 biǎn dòu

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53257.060:biān,pián,biǎn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0065.030:biǎn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
020.170:biān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
biān粵pin1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘン ベン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
편:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
布玄 芳連 方典 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THSB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4422.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1043.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
136.21 139.26 289.38 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0246l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8439
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7320

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
pen · 布玄 · 山開四平先幫 · #594
Middle Chinese
phjien · 芳連 · 山開三平仙滂 · #614
Middle Chinese
penX · 方典 · 山開四上先幫 · #1612

PHONO-ML, source line 4841; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1156.101
kDaeJaweon
1503.170
kGSR
0246l
kHanYu
53257.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1503.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53257.060
kIRGKangXi
1043.070
kKangXi
1043.070
kMorohashi
31358:E0102
kSBGY
136.21 139.26 289.38
kSMSZD2003Index
589.08
kCangjie
THSB
kFourCornerCode
4422.7
kMojiJoho
MJ022275 MJ022275:E0101 MJ022276:E0102
kPhonetic
1042
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6A27
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DFCF
kIRG_JSource
J14-7646
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6E87
kIRG_KSource
K1-7228
kIRG_TSource
T2-4674
kRSUnicode
140.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
DFCF
kCCCII
23224C
kCNS1986
2-4674
kCNS1992
2-4674
kEACC
23224C
kGB3
7407
kGB8
9439
kJIS0213
2,86,38
kJis1
5646
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5506
kTGH
2013:7320
kTaiwanTelegraph
5506
kXerox
313:253
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18508+140.3.9
kCantonese
pin1
kDefinition
grass
kFanqie
布玄 芳連 方典
kHangul
편:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53257.060:biān,pián,biǎn
kJapanese
ヘン ベン
kJapaneseKun
NIWAYANAGI
kJapaneseOn
HEN BEN
kKorean
PHYEN
kMandarin
biān biǎn
kSMSZD2003Readings
biān粵pin1
kTGHZ2013
020.170:biān
kXHC1983
0065.030:biǎn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 萹0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 扁 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹扁$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹扁$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.