幫
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See also 帮
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] 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).
[edit] Han character
幫 (radical 50 巾+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹日月 (GIHAB), four-corner 44227)
- to help, assist
- to defend
- shoe upper
[edit] 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
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
幫
[edit] Readings
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
幫 (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune-Reischauer pang)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Noun
幫 (traditional, Pinyin bāng, simplified 帮)
[edit] Verb
幫 (traditional, Pinyin bāng, simplified 帮)
- to help
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
幫 (bang)
