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Translingual
Han character
彷 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜竹尸 (HOYHS), four-corner 20227, composition ⿰彳方)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 365, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10052
- Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 815, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5F77
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 縍
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*paːŋ
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| 榜
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*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
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| 蒡
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*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
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| 牓
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*paːŋʔ
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| 螃
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*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
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| 搒
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*paːŋs, *braːŋ
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| 舫
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*paːŋs, *paŋs
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| 謗
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*paːŋs
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| 雱
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*pʰaːŋ
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| 磅
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*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
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| 霶
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*pʰaːŋ
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| 滂
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*pʰaːŋ
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| 鎊
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*pʰaːŋ
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| 髈
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*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
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| 彷
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*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
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| 趽
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*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
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| 房
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*baːŋ, *baŋ
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| 篣
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*baːŋ, *braːŋ
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| 騯
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*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
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| 傍
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*baːŋ, *baːŋs
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| 膀
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*baːŋ
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| 旁
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*baːŋ
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| 徬
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*baːŋs
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| 閍
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*praːŋ
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| 祊
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*praːŋ
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| 嗙
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*praːŋ
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| 方
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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| 汸
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*paŋ
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| 坊
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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| 邡
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*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
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| 枋
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*paŋ
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| 鈁
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*paŋ
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| 蚄
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*paŋ
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| 肪
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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| 鴋
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*paŋ, *baŋ
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| 牥
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*paŋ
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| 昉
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*paŋʔ
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| 瓬
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*paŋʔ
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| 放
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*paŋʔ, *paŋs
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| 倣
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*paŋʔ
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| 芳
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*pʰaŋ
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| 淓
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*pʰaŋ
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| 妨
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*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
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| 紡
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*pʰaŋʔ
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| 仿
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*pʰaŋʔ
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| 髣
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*pʰaŋʔ
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| 鶭
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*pʰaŋʔ
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| 訪
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*pʰaŋs
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| 防
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*baŋ, *baŋs
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| 魴
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*baŋ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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彷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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páng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁaŋ/
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| English
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bang-hwang hestitate
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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彷
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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3000
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Phonetic
component
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方
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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傍
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Old
Chinese
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/*baːŋ/
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| Notes
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見莊子
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Definitions
彷
- Used in 彷徉 (pángyáng).
- Used in 彷徨 (pánghuáng).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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彷
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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3046
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Phonetic
component
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方
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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髣
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Old
Chinese
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/*pʰaŋʔ/
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| Notes
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髣俗字
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Definitions
彷
- Alternative form of 仿
- Used in 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú).
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
彷
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
彷 (eum 방 (bang))
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Vietnamese
Han character
彷: Hán Nôm readings: phảng
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