Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | bjienX | [m-pʰ]e[r]ʔ | insincere words |
| bjien | [m-pʰ]e[r] | insincere words | |
| Zhengzhang | ben | ||
| brenʔ | |||
| benʔ |
說文解字
便巧言也。从言扁聲。《周書》曰：“𢧵𢧵善諞言。”《論語》曰：“友諞佞。”
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)