幫

See also: 帮 and 幇

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paːŋ): phonetic 封 ‎(OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + 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)

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

trad.		幫
simp.		帮

Alternative forms

• 幇, 幚

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

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• Middle Chinese: /pɑŋ/▼

Rime
Character	幫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博旁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paŋ/
Li Rong	/pɑŋ/
Wang Li	/pɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bāng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幫
Reading #	1/1
No.	3251
Phonetic component	封
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	幫
Old Chinese	/*paːŋ/
Notes	段玉裁雲源自䋽

Noun

幫

1. group; gang

Verb

幫

1. to help; to assist; to aid

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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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