幫

See also: 帮 and 幇

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 封 + semantic 帛 (“silks”)

The semantic element 帛 refers to the original meaning, "the upper part of a shoe" (鞋幫).

Han character

幫 (radical 50 巾+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹日月 (GIHAB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱封帛)

1. to help, assist
2. to defend
3. upper

References

• KangXi: page 337, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9125
• Dae Jaweon: page 644, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 756, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5E6B

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Chinese

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trad.		幫
simp.		帮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāng (bang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
    • Wade-Giles: pang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong¹
    • Yale: bōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (幫, reconstructed)
Character (幫), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 博旁切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pɑŋ/	/pɑŋ/	/pɑŋ/	/pɑŋ/	/paŋ/	/pɑŋ/	/pɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (幫, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
幫					3251					封					陽					0					幫					/*paːŋ/					段玉裁雲源自䋽

Noun

幫

1. group; gang

Verb

幫

1. to help

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Japanese

Kanji

幫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru)

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Korean

Hanja

幫 (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune-Reischauer pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幫 (bang)

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