龐

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See also: 龎, 厐, and 庞
龐 U+9F90, 龐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F90
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Translingual

Han character

龐 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+3, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈卜月心 (IYBP), four-corner 00211, composition ⿸广龍)

  1. disorderly, messy
  2. huge, big
  3. large house
  4. face

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48824
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2077, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4804, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9F90

Chinese

trad. 龐
simp. 庞
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 龐
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
驡 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐 *broːŋ
瀧 *rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅 *roːŋ
朧 *roːŋ, *roŋs
龓 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾 *roːŋ
礱 *roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨 *roːŋ
蘢 *roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳 *roːŋ
襱 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏 *roːŋ
曨 *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗 *roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪 *roːŋ
巃 *roːŋʔ
竉 *roːŋʔ
攏 *roːŋʔ
儱 *roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍 *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘 *roŋ, *roŋs
隴 *roŋʔ
壠 *roŋʔ
壟 *roŋʔ
寵 *r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏 *kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *broːŋ) : semantic 广 (“house”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • pang5 - literary (including surname);
  • bong5 - vernacular ("bad facial expression").
    Rime
    Character 龐
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 江 (9)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 薄江切
    Baxter baewng
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/bˠʌŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/bᵚɔŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/bɔŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/baɨwŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/bɔŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/bɔŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/bʱɔŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		páng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		pong4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 龐
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		páng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ bæwng ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ˁroŋ/
    English huge

    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 龐
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8409
    Phonetic
    component         		龍
    Rime
    group         		東
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		龐
    Old
    Chinese         		/*broːŋ/

    Definitions

    龐

    1. huge; big
    2. disorderly; messy
    3. shape of the face; facial contours
    4. a surname
      龐德／庞德  ―  Páng Dé  ―  Pang De (military general during the late Eastern Han dynasty)

    Synonyms

    • (huge):
    • (shape of the face):

    Compounds

    Pronunciation 2

    Definitions

    龐

    1. Used in 龐龐／庞庞 (lónglóng).

    Japanese

    Kanji

    龐

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. disorderly
    2. messy
    3. huge
    4. big

    Readings

    • Go-on: ぼう (bō)←ばう (bau, historical)、る (ru)
    • Kan-on: ほう (hō)←はう (fau, historical)、ろう (rō)
    • Kun: たかどの (takadono)

    Korean

    Hanja

    龐 • (bang, nong) (hangeul 방, 농, revised bang, nong, McCune–Reischauer pang, nong, Yale pang, nong)

    1. disorderly
    2. huge, big
    3. high

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    龐: Hán Việt readings: bàng[1][2]

    1. chữ Hán form of bàng (“used in Chinese derived compounds to mean big, large, disorderly, messy or to refer to the face”).
    2. chữ Hán form of Bàng (“referring to the Hồng Bàng dynasty and the associated surname”).

    References

    1. ^ Trần (2004).
    2. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
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