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Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms “stick”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*proːŋ
*proːŋ
*proːŋ
*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
*broːŋʔ
*broːŋʔ
*broːŋʔ
*poːŋʔ
*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
*boːŋ
*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
*boːŋ
*boːŋ
*boːŋ
*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
*boːŋʔ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ
*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
*pʰoŋʔ
*boŋ
*boŋ, *boŋs
*boŋ
*boŋ, *boŋs
*boŋʔ

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

Pronunciation



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

Definitions

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

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(bong)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: bong, McCune-Reischauer: pong, Yale: pong)
  • Name (hangeul): 몽둥이()
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Vietnamese

Han character

(vổng, bọng, bộng, bổng, búng)

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