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U+68D2, 棒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68D2

[U+68D1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+68D3]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms “stick”
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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *broːŋʔ) : semantic (tree, wood) + phonetic (OC *boŋʔ) – a wooden club.

Etymology

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“terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful”
The semantics may have developed as “stick” > “hard” > “excellent”; compare dialectal Mandarin (gàng) (Yang, 2012).

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (3)
Final () (9)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3207
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*broːŋʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. stick; club; truncheon
  2. to hit with a stick
  3. (figurative) baton; responsibility; succession
  4. (Mandarin, colloquial) hefty; strong
  5. (Mandarin, colloquial) terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful
    文章下來 [MSC, trad.]
    文章下来 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái. [Pinyin]
    How excellently written is this article! Learn it by heart.

Synonyms

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  • (Cantonese) (excellent): (zeng3)

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ぼう) ()

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. bar, staff, stick, pole, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand, (shepherd's) crook.
  2. straight line.

Readings

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  • Go-on: ぼう (, Jōyō)ばう (bau, historical)
  • Kan-on: ほう ()はう (fau, historical)
  • Kun: つえ (tsue, )つゑ (tuwe, , historical)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ぼう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぼう) (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.
    (ぼう)()
    o motsu
    to hold a pointer
    うまい(ぼう)
    Umai
    Umaibō (a cylinder-shaped snack food)
    (ぼう)のぼり
    -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

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 몽둥이 (mongdung'i bong))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: vổng, bọng, bộng, bổng, búng

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