抃

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 拚

Pronunciation

Pinyin: biàn
Cantonese: bin6
JapaneseKun: UTSU
JapaneseOn: BEN
Korean: PYEN
Vietnamese: bện

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to clap hands; to cheer

CE-Dict: to applaud

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】抃
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤皮變切，音卞。拊手也。【魏志·文帝紀註】能言之倫，莫不抃舞。【楚辭·天問】鼇戴山抃，何以安之。【註】手拍曰抃。【𨻰晹樂書】帝嚳命伶人作唐歌，有抃以爲節。【註】兩手相擊也。今龜兹樂人彈指爲歌舞之節，亦抃之細。　又【正韻】毗面切，音便。義同。　【說文】本作𢪴。古借用作卞。亦通作弁。　又【集韻】方煩切，音藩。連抃，宛轉貌。與犿同。

CF-Dict: frapper/taper

Han-De-Dict: treffen, klopfen (u.E.)