徬

See also: 彷

徬 U+5FAC, 徬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FAC ← 徫 [U+5FAB] CJK Unified Ideographs 徭 → [U+5FAD]

Translingual

Han character

徬 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜月尸 (HOYBS), four-corner 2022₇, composition ⿰彳旁)

1. to wander about, walk along side of
2. to be next to

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 370, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10200
• Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 839, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5FAC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 徬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːŋs) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		徬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàng (bang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
    • Wade–Giles: pang⁴
    • Yale: bàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bangH

Rime
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲浪切
Baxter	bangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baŋH/
Li Rong	/bɑŋH/
Wang Li	/bɑŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bang ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁaŋ/
English	walk alongside
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	徬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3011
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋs/

Definitions

徬

1. (archaic) to walk alongside; to accompany

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		徬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páng (pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²
    • Yale: páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong⁴
    • Yale: pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bang ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁaŋ/
English	walk alongside
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.

Definitions

徬

1. Used in 徬徨.

References

• “徬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

徬

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wander about
2. walk along side of

Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}、ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: つきそう (tsukisou, 徬う)^{←つきそふ (tukisofu, 徬ふ, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

徬 (eum 방 (bang))

1. to wander about
2. walk along side of
3. to be next to

Vietnamese

Han character

徬: Hán Nôm readings: bàng

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