pián

to walk with a limp

Components

Meaning component
foot

foot

Sound component
biǎn flat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbenbˤe[r]蹁蹮 walk with difficulty (Shuōwén)
Zhengzhangpeːn
beːn

說文解字

足不正也。从足扁聲。一曰拖後足馬。讀若苹。或曰徧。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica