徬

See also: 彷

徬	U+5FAC, 徬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FAC

← 徫
[U+5FAB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

徭 →
[U+5FAD]

Translingual

Han character

徬 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜月尸 (HOYBS), four-corner 2022₇, composition ⿰彳旁)

to wander about, walk along side of
to be next to

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 370, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10200
Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 839, character 9
Unihan data for U+5FAC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 徬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːŋs): semantic 彳 + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		徬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàng (bang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ

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/

Middle Chinese: bangH

Rime
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲浪切
Baxter	bangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baŋ^H/
Li Rong	/bɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/bɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bang ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁaŋ/
English	walk alongside
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
No.	3011
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋs/

Definitions

徬

(archaic) to walk alongside; to accompany

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		徬

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páng (pang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴

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/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	徬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bang ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁaŋ/
English	walk alongside
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

徬

used in 徬徨

References

“徬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

徬

(Hyōgai kanji)

wander about
walk along side of

Readings

Go-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}、ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
Kun: つきそう (tsukisou, 徬う)^{←つきそふ (tukisofu, 徬ふ, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

徬 (eum 방 (bang))

to wander about
walk along side of
to be next to

Vietnamese

Han character

徬: Hán Nôm readings: bàng

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