匚

See also: ㄈ

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

匚 (radical 22 匚+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV), four-corner 7171₀)

1. box
2. KangXi radical 22

Descendants

• ㄈ

References

• KangXi: page 153, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2595
• Dae Jaweon: page 344, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 81, character 3
• Unihan data for U+531A

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		匚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāng, fáng (fang¹, fang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ, ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): fong
• Min Nan (POJ): hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: fang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: fáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: fang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangr
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹
    • Yale: fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fong
    • Guangdong: fong¹)
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong1
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (匚, reconstructed)
Character (匚), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 府良切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pʉɐŋ/	/piwaŋ/	/piuaŋ/	/pʷiɐŋ/	/puaŋ/	/pĭwaŋ/	/piuɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (匚, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
匚								fāng								‹ pjang ›								/*paŋ/								container, box (Shuōwén)
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
匚					2984					匚					陽					0					方					/*paŋ/

Definitions

匚

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References

• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)
• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

匚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: はこ (hako)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

匚

Readings

• âm: phương, hệ
• nghĩa (literal meaning): hộp, thùng, tráp, bao

References

• Nôm Foundation
• Viet Dictionary