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彷

彷

彷 U+5F77, 彷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F77
← 彶
[U+5F76] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彸 →
[U+5F78]
See also: 仿 and 徬

Translingual

Han character

彷 (radical 60 彳+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜竹尸 (HOYHS), four-corner 20227, composition ⿰彳方)

  1. like, resembling
  2. resemble

References

  • KangXi: page 365, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10052
  • Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 815, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5F77

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 彷

Glyph origin

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 彷 彷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 滂 (2)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 步光切 妃兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bɑŋ/ /pʰʉɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bɑŋ/ /pʰʷiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /bɑŋ/ /pʰiuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /baŋ/ /pʰuaŋX/
Li
Rong		 /bɑŋ/ /pʰiuaŋX/
Wang
Li		 /bɑŋ/ /pʰĭwaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱɑŋ/ /pʰiwaŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 páng fǎng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 páng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ˤaŋ/
English bang-hwang hestitate

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 彷 彷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3000 3046
Phonetic
component		 方 方
Rime
group		 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 傍 髣
Old
Chinese		 /*baːŋ/ /*pʰaŋʔ/
Notes 見莊子 髣俗字

Definitions

彷

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Compounds

  • 彷徨失措

References

Japanese

Kanji

彷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

彷 • ‎(bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune-Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese

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