piǎn

brag

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
biǎn flat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

brag Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjienX[m-pʰ]e[r]ʔinsincere words
bjien[m-pʰ]e[r]insincere words
Zhengzhangben
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