biàn

dispute

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

辡 sound component

  Sound component

biàn

  

criminals accusing one another

also serves as a meaning component.

Evolution

辩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辩 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
辩 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
辩 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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biàn

dispute, argue, debate, discuss; to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss

Most common words with 辩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

辩护

to defend

to dispute

辩论

debate

辩解

to explain

争辩

a dispute