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Translingual

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 *pʰoŋ) : phonetic  (OC *boŋ) + semantic  (insect). Original form of .

Han character

(radical 142 +17, 23 strokes, cangjie input 卜十中戈戈 (YJLII))

  1. bees, hornets, wasps

References

  • KangXi: page 1103, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33857
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1566, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2904, character 22
  • Unihan data for U+882D

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is an ancient form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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