坊

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坊 U+574A, 坊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-574A
← 坉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坋 →

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

坊 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜竹尸 (GYHS), four-corner 40127, composition ⿰土方)

Derived characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 225, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4924
  • Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 427, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+574A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 坊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
縍 *paːŋ
榜 *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡 *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓 *paːŋʔ
螃 *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒 *paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫 *paːŋs, *paŋs
謗 *paːŋs
雱 *pʰaːŋ
磅 *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶 *pʰaːŋ
滂 *pʰaːŋ
鎊 *pʰaːŋ
髈 *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷 *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽 *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房 *baːŋ, *baŋ
篣 *baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯 *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍 *baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀 *baːŋ
旁 *baːŋ
徬 *baːŋs
閍 *praːŋ
祊 *praːŋ
嗙 *praːŋ
方 *paŋ, *baŋ
汸 *paŋ
坊 *paŋ, *baŋ
邡 *paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋 *paŋ
鈁 *paŋ
蚄 *paŋ
肪 *paŋ, *baŋ
鴋 *paŋ, *baŋ
牥 *paŋ
昉 *paŋʔ
瓬 *paŋʔ
放 *paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣 *paŋʔ
芳 *pʰaŋ
淓 *pʰaŋ
妨 *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡 *pʰaŋʔ
仿 *pʰaŋʔ
髣 *pʰaŋʔ
鶭 *pʰaŋʔ
訪 *pʰaŋs
防 *baŋ, *baŋs
魴 *baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paŋ, *baŋ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • hng - vernacular;
  • hong, hóng - literary.
Rime
Character 坊
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 府良切
Baxter pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/piuaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fong1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坊
Reading # 1/2
No. 3025
Phonetic
component 		方
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		方
Old
Chinese 		/*paŋ/
Notes 見淮南子

Definitions

坊

  1. lane; alley
    • 牛巷坊  ―  Niúxiàngfāng  ―  Niuxiangfang (alley in Futian District, Shenzhen)
  2. store
  3. paifang
  4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • hng - vernacular;
  • hong - literary.

Definitions

坊

  1. workshop

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 坊
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 符方切
Baxter bjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/buaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/biuaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/bĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱiwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fong4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 坊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fáng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bjang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*aŋ/
English dike

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 坊
Reading # 2/2
No. 3054
Phonetic
component 		方
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		房
Old
Chinese 		/*baŋ/
Notes 同防見禮記

Definitions

坊

  1. † Alternative form of 防
    1. dam; embankment
    2. to guard against

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

坊

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. a monk's residence
  2. monk
  3. boy, "sonny"
  4. precinct of a city

Readings

  • Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)←ばう (bau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ほう (hō)←はう (fau, historical)
  • Kan’yō-on: ぼっ (bo', Jōyō †)

Korean

Hanja

坊 (eum 방 (bang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

坊: Hán Việt readings: phường
坊: Nôm readings: phương, phường

  1. chữ Hán form of phường (“ward”).

References

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