蹁

蹁 · pián

to walk with a limp

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pián
Cantonese
pin4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

to walk with a limp

Dictionary definitions & readings

蹁 pián · to limp

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63726.060:pián Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0873.010:pián Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
283.030:pián Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
pián粵pin4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘン ベン Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
部田 布玄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMHSB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6712.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1230.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
135.36 136.26 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E41
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6096

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
蹁
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ben · 部田 · 山開四平先並 · #590
Middle Chinese
pen · 布玄 · 山開四平先幫 · #594

PHONO-ML, source line 4802; 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
1292.601
kDaeJaweon
1702.180
kHanYu
63726.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1702.180
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63726.060
kIRGKangXi
1230.160
kKangXi
1230.160
kMatthews
5252
kMorohashi
37717
kSBGY
135.36 136.26
kSMSZD2003Index
679.04
kCangjie
RMHSB
kFourCornerCode
6712.7
kMojiJoho
MJ025383
kPhonetic
1042
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7564
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EBC5
kIRG_JSource
J1-602C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7B3E
kIRG_KSource
K2-6423
kIRG_TSource
T2-5A71
kRSUnicode
157.9
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EBC5
kCCCII
23396F
kCNS1986
2-5A71
kCNS1992
2-5A71
kEACC
23396F
kGB0
8568
kGB1
8568
kJis1
6412
kMainlandTelegraph
6450
kTGH
2013:6096
kTaiwanTelegraph
6450
kXerox
307:065
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19853+157.7.9
kCantonese
pin4
kDefinition
to walk with a limp
kFanqie
部田 布玄
kHanyuPinyin
63726.060:pián
kJapanese
ヘン ベン
kJapaneseKun
YOROMEKU
kJapaneseOn
HEN BEN
kKorean
PHYEN
kMandarin
pián
kSMSZD2003Readings
pián粵pin4
kTGHZ2013
283.030:pián
kXHC1983
0873.010:pián

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 蹁0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷扁$(GHTJKP)

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