螃

螃 U+8783, 螃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8783 ← 螂 [U+8782] CJK Unified Ideographs 螄 → [U+8784]

Translingual

Han character

螃 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜月尸 (LIYBS), four-corner 5012₇, composition ⿰虫旁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33363
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8783

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螃
2nd round simp.		⿰虫㝑

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

Etymology 1

From 旁 (OC *baːŋ, “side”) (Liu, 1999).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páng (pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pông
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban²

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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
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
    • Tâi-lô: pông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: bang

Rime
Character	螃
Reading #	1/3
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螃
Reading #	3/3
No.	3009
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/

Definitions

螃

1. Only used in 螃蟹 (pángxiè).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎng (bang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎng
    • Wade–Giles: pang³
    • Yale: bǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baang
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pangX, pangH

Rime
Character	螃	螃
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	北朗切	補曠切
Baxter	pangX	pangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑŋX/	/pɑŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑŋX/	/pɑŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑŋX/	/pɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paŋX/	/paŋH/
Li Rong	/pɑŋX/	/pɑŋH/
Wang Li	/pɑŋX/	/pɑŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑŋX/	/pɑŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎng	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong2	bong3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋʔ/, /*paːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螃	螃
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	2989	2993
Phonetic component	方	方
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	榜	螃
Old Chinese	/*paːŋʔ/	/*paːŋs/

Definitions

螃

1. ^‡ a kind of animal similar to toad

Japanese

Kanji

螃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō)、ぼう (bō)、ひょう (hyō)

Korean

Hanja

螃 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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