棒

Translingual

Han character

棒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木手大手 (DQKQ), four-corner 4595₃, composition ⿰木奉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14929
• Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1222, character 9
• Unihan data for U+68D2

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		棒
alternative forms		棓 “stick”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *broːŋʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 奉 (OC *boŋʔ) – a wooden club.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bàng (bang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бон (bon, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paang⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pāng / pǎng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
    • Wade–Giles: pang⁴
    • Yale: bàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бон (bon, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: paang⁵
    • Yale: páahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pong
    • Hakka Romanization System: bong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /poŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāng
    • Tâi-lô: pāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pang
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /paŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /paŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǎng
    • Tâi-lô: pǎng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: baewngX

Rime
Character	棒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	步項切
Baxter	baewngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠʌŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚɔŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/bɔŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwŋX/
Li Rong	/bɔŋX/
Wang Li	/bɔŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɔŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*broːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棒
Reading #	1/1
No.	3207
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	㭋
Old Chinese	/*broːŋʔ/
Notes	說文作棓

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 棒

1. stick; club; truncheon
2. to hit with a stick
3. (colloquial) terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful

   這篇文章寫得多棒啊，背下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   这篇文章写得多棒啊，背下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè piān wénzhāng xiěde duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   How excellently written is this article! Learn it by heart.

4. (colloquial) hefty; strong

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) (excellent): 正 (zhèng)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

棒

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. pole, stick, staff, rod, cane
2. straight line

Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: つえ (tsue, 棒)^{←つゑ (tuwe, 棒, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
棒
ぼう Grade: 6
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 棒 (MC baewngX). The goon pronunciation, so likely an earlier borrowing.

Noun

棒(ぼう) • (bō) ^{←ばう (bau)?}

1. a staff, measuring 6 shaku (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術 (bōjutsu)
2. (by extension) stick-like or long, cylindrical item: pointer, pole, rod, etc.

   棒(ぼう)を持(も)つ

   bō o motsu

   to hold a pointer

   うまい棒(ぼう)

   Umaibō

   Umaibō (a cylinder-shaped snack food)

   棒(ぼう)のぼり

   bō-nobori

   pole climbing (found in elementary schools to train the strength of students)

3. (by extension) a straight line; bar
4. (by extension) state of being in a "straight line"; continuous
5. taut leg muscles due to fatigue (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
6. (Buddhism) staff used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism

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Korean

Hanja

棒 • (bong)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 봉
  • Name (hangeul): 몽둥이
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 棒 (vổng, bọng, bộng, bổng, búng)

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