貶

See also: 贬

貶	U+8CB6, 貶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CB6

← 貵
[U+8CB5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

買 →
[U+8CB7]

Translingual

Etymology

貝 (possessions) + 乏 (to frame), to hold or to choke

Han character

貶 (radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月金竹戈人 (BCHIO), four-corner 6283₇, composition ⿰貝乏)

References

KangXi: page 1206, character 20

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36707

Dae Jaweon: page 1669, character 8

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3628, character 3

Unihan data for U+8CB6

Chinese

trad.		貶
simp.		贬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
砭	prom, proms
貶	*promʔ
窆	*proms
泛	pʰoms, bob
姂	pʰoms, bob, *kpʰob
䒦	pʰom, pʰoms
柉	*bom
覂	*poŋʔ
眨	*sproːb
鴔	*brub
乏	*bob

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): biǎn (bian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ

(Chengdu, SP): bian³
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pién

(Meixian, Guangdong): bian³
Min Bei (KCR): bǐng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pián

(Teochew, Peng'im): ping² / pêng² / biang² / biêng²
Wu (Wiktionary): pi (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: biǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ
  - Wade–Giles: pien³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bean
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bian³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bian
  - IPA ^(key): /piɛn⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin²
  - Yale: bín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin²
  - IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pién
  - Hakka Romanization System: bien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bian³
  - IPA: /pi̯en³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bian³
  - IPA: /pian³¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐng
  - IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián
  - Tâi-lô: pián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ping² / pêng² / biang² / biêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phíng / phéng / piáng / piéng
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵²/, /pʰeŋ⁵²/, /piaŋ⁵²/, /pieŋ⁵²/

Note:

pêng - Jieyang;
biêng2 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pi (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /pi³⁴/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 貶
Mandarin	Beijing	/pian²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/pian²¹³/
	Tianjin	/pian¹³/
	Jinan	/piã⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/piã⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/pian⁵³/
	Xi'an	/piã⁵³/
	Xining	/piã⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/pian⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/piɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/pian⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/piɛn⁴²/
	Chengdu	/pian⁵³/
	Guiyang	/pian⁴²/
	Kunming	/piɛ̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/pien²¹²/
	Hefei	/piĩ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pie⁵³/
	Pingyao	/pie̞⁵³/
	Hohhot	/pie⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/pi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/piɪ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/piẽ̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/pi³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/pe³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/piɛ³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/piẽ⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/piẽ⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/piɛn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/pien³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pin³⁵/
	Nanning	/pin³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pin³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/pian⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/pieŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/piŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/piaŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔbin²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /pˠiᴇm^X/▼

Rime
Character	貶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	方斂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiam^X/
Li Rong	/pjɛm^X/
Wang Li	/pĭɛm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	b-

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pr[e]mʔ/, /*p(r)[o]mʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*promʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貶	貶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	biǎn	biǎn
Middle Chinese	‹ pjem^X ›	‹ pjem^X ›
Old Chinese	/*pr[e]mʔ/	/*p(r)[o]mʔ/
English	diminish	diminish
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	貶
Reading #	1/1
No.	2841
Phonetic component	乏
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	貶
Old Chinese	/*promʔ/

Definitions

貶

to abase; to lower
to vilify; to censure; to criticize

Antonyms

褒 (bāo)

Compounds

一字褒貶／一字褒贬 (yīzì-bāobiǎn)
落褒貶／落褒贬
褒善貶惡／褒善贬恶
褒貶／褒贬 (bāobiǎn)
褒貶與奪／褒贬与夺
謫貶／谪贬
貶低／贬低 (biǎndī)
貶值／贬值 (biǎnzhí)

貶價／贬价
貶抑／贬抑 (biǎnyì)
貶損／贬损 (biǎnsǔn)
貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì)
貶書／贬书
貶罰／贬罚
貶義／贬义 (biǎnyì)

貶義詞／贬义词 (biǎnyìcí)
貶詞／贬词
貶謫／贬谪
貶責／贬责
貶駁／贬驳
貶黜／贬黜 (biǎnchù)
頻頻貶降／频频贬降

Japanese

Kanji

貶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: へん (hen)
Kan-on: へん (hen)
Kun: けなす (kenasu, 貶す); おとしむ (otoshimu, 貶む); おとしめる (otoshimeru, 貶める); さげすむ (sagesumu, 貶む)

Compounds

貶竄
貶斥
貶損
貶退
貶謫
貶逐
貶黜
貶流

Korean

Hanja

貶 • (pyeom) (hangeul 폄, revised pyeom, McCune–Reischauer p'yŏm, Yale phyem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貶 (biếm, bâm, mém)

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