枋

枋 U+678B, 枋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-678B ← 枊 [U+678A] CJK Unified Ideographs 枌 → [U+678C]

Translingual

Han character

枋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 木卜竹尸 (DYHS), four-corner 4092₇, composition ⿰木方)

Derived characters

• 堏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 515, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14532
• Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1174, character 4
• Unihan data for U+678B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		枋

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 *paŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāng (fang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): piông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): biong¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fang
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹
    • Yale: fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong¹
    • Yale: fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piông
    • Hakka Romanization System: biong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: biong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: biong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /piɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang
    • Tâi-lô: pang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pjang

Rime
Character	枋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府良切
Baxter	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[p]raŋʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	枋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bìng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*[p]raŋʔ-s/
English	handle (n.)
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	枋
Reading #	1/1
No.	3027
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	方
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/

Definitions

枋

1. sandalwood
2. tree used as timber
3. (Southern Min) slab
4. (Southern Min) Classifier for pieces of object.

Compounds

• 壽枋 / 寿枋
• 枋子
• 枋寮 (Fāngliáo)
• 枋寮鄉 / 枋寮乡
• 枋山 (Fāngshān)
• 枋山鄉 / 枋山乡
• 枋頭 / 枋头
• 榆枋
• 紙枋 / 纸枋 (chóa-pang) (Min Nan)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 枋 – see 舫 (“bamboo raft”). (This character is an obsolete form of 舫).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 枋 – see 柄 (“handle of implements; authority; classifier of weapon”). (This character is an obsolete form of 柄).

Japanese

Kanji

枋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)、ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: へい (hei)、ほう (hō)
• Kun: まゆみ (mayumi)、ふしずけ (fushizuke)、いかだ (ikada)

Korean

Hanja

枋 (eum 방 (bang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

枋: Hán Nôm readings: phương

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References

• Nom Foundation