倣

See also: 仿

倣 U+5023, 倣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5023 ← 倢 [U+5022] CJK Unified Ideographs 値 → [U+5024]

Translingual

Han character

倣 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人卜尸大 (OYSK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿰亻放)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 108, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 785
• Dae Jaweon: page 231, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 183, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5023

Chinese

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

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 倣 – see 仿 (“to imitate; to resemble; to be similar; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 仿).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00088-004-2
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00171

Japanese

Kanji

倣

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. emulate
2. imitate

Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: ならう (narau, 倣う, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 模倣(もほう) (mohō): imitation, copying

Korean

Hanja

倣 (eumhun 본뜰 방 (bontteul bang))

1. Hanja form^? of 방 (“imitate”).