幫

幫 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹日月 (GIHAB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱封帛)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 337, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9125
• Dae Jaweon: page 644, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 756, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5E6B

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paːŋ) : phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – originally, the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

幫

1. the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)

   船幫／船帮  ―  chuánbāng  ―  shipboard

2. to help; to assist; to aid
3. gang; faction; group

   福建幫／福建帮 [Cantonese]  ―  fuk¹ gin³ bong¹   ―  Fujian gang

4. (informal, derogatory) Classifier for groups of people.

   一幫孩子／一帮孩子  ―  yī bāng háizǐ  ―  a bunch of children

   一幫土匪／一帮土匪  ―  yī bāng tǔfěi  ―  a gang of bandits

5. (dialectal) for

   幫我買件衫／帮我买件衫 [Cantonese]  ―  bong¹ ngo⁵ maai⁵ gin⁶ saam¹   ―  buy a shirt for me

6. (Shanghainese) and; with

   我幫儂到商場去。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我帮侬到商场去。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ¹paon ⁶non ⁵tau ¹saon-zan-chi [Wugniu]

   I'll go to the shopping mall with you.

7. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 幫 (MC pang)
8. (Hokkien) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
9. (Hokkien) Classifier for batches of letters, bulk deliveries, etc.
10. (Mainland China Hokkien) to supplement (on the side)
11. (Xiamen Hokkien) to participate in or to depend partially or entirely on betting, contests, etc. for profit

    Synonym: 班 (bān)

12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to sublet; to sublease
13. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to expand; to enlarge; to extend

• (to help):

• (for):

• (and):

• (to sublet): 分租

• “幫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #12170”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 幇)

1. Kyūjitai form of 幇

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 幫ける)

This character form is rarely used in Japan. See 幇 instead.

幫 (eumhun 도울 방 (doul bang))

1. hanja form^? of 방 (“help”)

幫: Hán Nôm readings: bang

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