彷

See also: 仿 and 徬

彷 U+5F77, 彷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F77 ← 彶 [U+5F76] CJK Unified Ideographs 彸 → [U+5F78]

Translingual

Han character

彷 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 竹人卜竹尸 (HOYHS), four-corner 2022₇, composition ⿰彳方)

Derived characters

• 𭝁, 𩭔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 365, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10052
• Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 815, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5F77

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ): semantic 彳 + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		彷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páng (pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²
    • Yale: páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong⁴
    • Yale: pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bang

Rime
Character	彷
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	步光切
Baxter	bang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baŋ/
Li Rong	/bɑŋ/
Wang Li	/bɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bang ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁaŋ/
English	bang-hwang hestitate
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	彷
Reading #	1/2
No.	3000
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

彷

1. used in 彷徉 (pángyáng)
2. used in 彷徨 (pánghuáng)

Compounds

• 彷佯 (pángyáng)
• 彷徉 (pángyáng)
• 彷徨 (pánghuáng)
• 彷徨失措
• 彷洋 (pángyáng)

Etymology 2

trad.		彷/仿*
simp.		仿*
alternative forms		髣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎng (fang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎng
    • Wade–Giles: fang³
    • Yale: fǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faang
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong²
    • Yale: fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
    • Tâi-lô: hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: horng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: phjangX

Rime
Character	彷
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	妃兩切
Baxter	phjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋX/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彷
Reading #	2/2
No.	3046
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	髣
Old Chinese	/*pʰaŋʔ/
Notes	髣俗字

Definitions

彷

1. alternative form of 仿
2. used in 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)

Compounds

• 彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
• 彷髴 (fǎngfú)

References

• “彷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

彷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}、ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: さまよう (samayou, 彷う)^{←さまよふ (samayofu, 彷ふ, historical)}

Derived terms

• 彷徨(さまよ)う (samayou): wander
• 彷徨(うろつ)く (urotsuku): to loiter, to hang around

Korean

Hanja

彷 (eum 방 (bang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彷: Hán Nôm readings: phảng

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