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Translingual
Han character
蚌 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫 +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手十 (LIQJ ), four-corner 55100 , composition ⿰虫 丰 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077 , character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32851
Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2836, character 5
Unihan data for U+868C
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
邦
*proːŋ
梆
*proːŋ
垹
*proːŋ
肨
*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌
*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤
*broːŋʔ
棒
*broːŋʔ
蜯
*broːŋʔ
琫
*poːŋʔ
菶
*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸
*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼
*boːŋ
蜂
*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸
*boːŋ
蓬
*boːŋ
篷
*boːŋ
唪
*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲
*boːŋʔ
丰
*pʰoŋ
妦
*pʰoŋ
仹
*pʰoŋ
峯
*pʰoŋ
峰
*pʰoŋ
鋒
*pʰoŋ
烽
*pʰoŋ
蠭
*pʰoŋ
桻
*pʰoŋ
莑
*pʰoŋ
夆
*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧
*pʰoŋʔ
逢
*boŋ
縫
*boŋ, *boŋs
漨
*boŋ
捀
*boŋ, *boŋs
奉
*boŋʔ
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note : bèng - variant reading and Mainland standard reading of
蚌埠 (
Bèngbù ).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
蚌
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
bàng
Middle Chinese
‹ bæwngX ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁroŋʔ/
English
oyster, mussel
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
蚌
Reading #
2/2
No.
3209
Phonetic component
丰
Rime group
耕
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*breːŋʔ/
Notes
同 說 文 螷 ,由 步 項 切 訓 讀
Definitions
蚌
common name for some bivalve molluscs
( obsolete ) pearl
short for 蚌埠 (Bèngbù , “Bengbu ”)
Synonyms
( bivalve molluscs ) : ( Hokkien ) 池刀 ; ( Xiang ) 飯示 / 饭示
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 蚌 – see 螷 (“a long and narrow mollusc ”). (This character is a variant form of 螷 ).
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 蚌 – see 蜂 (“Apoidea or Vespa ; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蜂 ).
Japanese
Kanji
蚌
(Hyōgai kanji )
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蚌 • (bang ) (hangeul 방 , revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
蚌 : Hán Nôm readings: bạng
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References