頒

Han character edit

頒 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+4, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金竹一月金 (CHMBC), four-corner 8128₆, composition ⿰分頁)

Derived characters edit

• 𥂾

Related characters edit

• 颁 (Simplified Chinese)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1401, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43378
• Dae Jaweon: page 1917, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4362, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9812

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 頒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːn, *bɯn) : phonetic 分 (OC *pɯn, *bɯns) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

頒

1. to confer; to bestow; to grant; to present

   頒獎／颁奖  ―  bānjiǎng  ―  to present a prize

2. to publish; to promulgate
3. Used in 頒白／颁白.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

頒

1. ^† having a large head

   • 魚在在藻，有頒其首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鱼在在藻，有颁其首。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yú zài zài zǎo, yǒu fén qí shǒu. [Pinyin]

     The fish are there, there among the pondweed,
     Showing their large heads.

Compounds edit

References edit

• “頒”, 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–

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. distribute, partition

Readings edit

• Go-on: へん (hen); ぶん (bun)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō); ふん (fun)
• Kun: わける (wakeru, 頒ける); しく (shiku, 頒く)

Hanja edit

頒 • (ban, bun) (hangeul 반, 분, revised ban, bun, McCune–Reischauer pan, pun, Yale pan, pun)

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Han character edit

頒: Hán Nôm readings: ban

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