advantageous; cheap; ordinary advantageous; cheap; ordinary; plain; convenient; handy; easy; then; so; thus; to relieve oneself |
clever; pretty; place where supreme bestows books | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (便嬛) | 便 | 嬛 | |
| simp. #(便嬛) | 便 | 嬛 | |
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 便 | 嬛 | 嬛 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 曉 (32) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) | 仙 (78) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 婢面切 | 許緣切 | 於緣切 |
| Baxter | bjienH | xjwien | 'jwien |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/biᴇnH/ | /hiuᴇn/ | /ʔiuᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/biɛnH/ | /hʷiɛn/ | /ʔʷiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/bjænH/ | /xjuæn/ | /ʔjuæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/bianH/ | /hwian/ | /ʔwian/ |
| Li Rong |
/biɛnH/ | /xiuɛn/ | /ʔiuɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/bĭɛnH/ | /xĭwɛn/ | /ĭwɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱi̯ɛnH/ | /xi̯wɛn/ | /ʔi̯wɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
biàn | xuān | yuān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
bin6 | hyun1 | jyun1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 便 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
biàn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ bjienH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[b]e[n]-s/ |
| English | comfortable; advantageous |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 便 | 嬛 | 嬛 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 778 | 16248 | 16251 |
| Phonetic component |
便 | 睘 | 睘 |
| Rime group |
元 | 元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
便 | 翾 | 娟 |
| Old Chinese |
/*bens/ | /*qʰʷen/ | /*qʷen/ |