坪

坪 U+576A, 坪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-576A
← 坩
[U+5769] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坫 →
[U+576B]

Translingual

Han character

坪 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土一火十 (GMFJ), four-corner 41149, composition ⿰土平)

Derived characters
  • 𦱾

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 226, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4976
  • Dae Jaweon: page 461, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 430, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+576A

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 坪

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (平) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
平 *ben, *beŋ
怦 *pʰreːŋ
砰 *pʰreːŋ
抨 *pʰreːŋ
閛 *pʰreːŋ
伻 *pʰreːŋ
評 *beŋ, *beŋs
坪 *beŋ
苹 *beŋ
枰 *beŋ, *beŋs
泙 *beŋ
蚲 *beŋ
胓 *beŋ
匉 *pʰreːŋ
萍 *beːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *beŋ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ).

Etymology

The Taiwanese measurement unit of area was borrowed from the Japanese one during Japanese colonial period.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • phêng - literary;
  • phiâⁿ/pîⁿ/pêⁿ/phîⁿ/phêⁿ - vernacular.
    Note:
    • pêng5 - literary;
    • pian5 - vernacular.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai)
          • Wugniu: 6bin
          • MiniDict: bin去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3bin
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bin²³/
Rime
Character 坪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符兵切
Baxter bjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /biajŋ/
Li
Rong		 /biɐŋ/
Wang
Li		 /bĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 píng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ping4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坪
Reading # 1/1
No. 9820
Phonetic
component		 平
Rime
group		 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 平
Old
Chinese		 /*beŋ/

Definitions

坪

  1. plain (especially used in a place name); flatland; level ground; terrace
  2. (Taiwan) a traditional unit of areal measure equal to a square six 尺 (chǐ) on each side, approximately 3.306 square meters or 35.57 square feet

Compounds

References

Japanese
Shinjitai 坪
Kyūjitai
[1]
坪󠄁
坪+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
坪󠄃
坪+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
坪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings
Usage notes

The on'yomi are not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology
Kanji in this term
坪
つぼ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Cognate with 壺 (tsubo, “basin”). The current meaning related to area arose from the way a surrounded area with the base or floor lower than the circumference looks like a basin.[2]

Although the reading is different, this areal measurement meaning for 坪 is shared in common with the terms 평 (坪, pyeong) in Korean and 坪 (pe5) in Taiwanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

坪(つぼ) • (tsubo) 

  1. A unit of areal measure, traditionally a square six 尺 (shaku, traditional Japanese unit of length, roughly equivalent to the English foot) per side, equivalent to the area covered by two standard-sized tatami mats. In modern usage, standardized at 3.306 square metres.

References
  1. “坪”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 坪 (MC bjaeng). Recorded as Middle Korean 펴ᇰ (phyeng) (Yale: phyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 坪 (eumhun 들 평 (deul pyeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 평 (“Pyeong, a traditional unit of measurement”).
  2. Hanja form? of 평 (“plain; flatland; level ground; terrace”).

Compounds
Compounds
  • 평당 (坪當, pyeongdang)
  • 평수 (坪數, pyeongsu)

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

坪: Hán Nôm readings: bình

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References
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