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傍

傍

傍 U+508D, 傍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-508D
← 傌
[U+508C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 傎 →
[U+508E]

Translingual

Han character

傍 (radical 9 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人卜月尸 (OYBS), four-corner 20227, composition ⿰亻旁)

  1. by side of, beside, near, close

References

  • KangXi: page 113, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 948
  • Dae Jaweon: page 240, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 205, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+508D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 傍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傍
Large seal script

L32887
Small seal script

s05798
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 傍 傍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 步光切 蒲浪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bɑŋ/ /bɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bɑŋ/ /bɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bɑŋ/ /bɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /baŋ/ /baŋH/
Li
Rong		 /bɑŋ/ /bɑŋH/
Wang
Li		 /bɑŋ/ /bɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱɑŋ/ /bʱɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 páng bàng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 傍 傍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bàng páng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bangH › ‹ bang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ˤaŋ-s/ /*[b]ˤaŋ/
English beside; assist beside; assist

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 傍 傍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3005 3010
Phonetic
component		 方 方
Rime
group		 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 傍 傍
Old
Chinese		 /*baːŋ/ /*baːŋs/

Definitions

傍

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Japanese

Kanji

傍

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. bystander
  2. side
  3. besides
  4. while
  5. nearby
  6. 3rd person

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
傍
そば
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

傍 ‎(hiragana そば, romaji soba)

  1. side
    泣 (な)かないで。僕 (ぼく)は傍 (そば)にいるから。
    Nakanaide. Boku wa soba ni iru kara.
    Don't cry, for I am by your side.

Korean

Hanja

傍 • ‎(bang, paeng) (hangeul 방, 팽, revised bang, paeng, McCune-Reischauer pang, p'aeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

傍 (bàng, phành, vàng)

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