龐

See also: 龎, 厐, and 庞

龐	U+9F90, 龐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F90

← 龏
[U+9F8F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

龑 →
[U+9F91]

Translingual

Han character

龐 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+3, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈卜月心 (IYBP), four-corner 0021₁, composition ⿸广龍)

Derived characters

𧕻

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48824
Dae Jaweon: page 2077, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4804, character 7
Unihan data for U+9F90

Chinese

trad.		龐
simp.		庞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 龐
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
驡	ʔslaːŋʔ, roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	rroːŋ, sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	roːŋ, roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	roːŋ, roŋs
龓	roːŋ, roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	roːŋ, roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	roːŋ, roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	roːŋ, roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	roːŋ, roːŋʔ
鸗	roːŋ, roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	roːŋʔ, roŋs
龍	b·roŋ, mroːŋ
躘	roŋ, roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	kloŋ, kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *broːŋ): semantic 广 (“house”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páng (pang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pong²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pang² / pang⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phâng / pâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵ / bong⁵

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/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pong²
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰɔŋ¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pang²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: páng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pang²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pang⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: pang⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâng
  - Tâi-lô: phâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng
  - Tâi-lô: pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paang
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /paŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pang⁵ / bong⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng / pông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /poŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

pang5 - literary (including surname);
bong5 - vernacular ("bad facial expression").

Middle Chinese: baewng

Rime
Character	龐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄江切
Baxter	baewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/bɔŋ/
Wang Li	/bɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong⁴

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

(Zhengzhang): /*broːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	龐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bæwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁroŋ/
English	huge
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	龐
Reading #	1/1
No.	8409
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*broːŋ/

Definitions

龐

huge; big
disorderly; messy
shape of the face; facial contours
a surname
龐德／庞德 ― Páng Dé ― Pang De (military general during the late Eastern Han dynasty)

Synonyms

(huge):

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光大 (guāngdà)
宏大 (hóngdà)
寬大 / 宽大 (kuāndà)
寬闊 / 宽阔 (kuānkuò)
巨大 (jùdà)
廣 / 广
廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà)
廣闊 / 广阔 (guǎngkuò)
龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
洪大 (hóngdà)
浩大 (hàodà)
無邊 / 无边 (wúbiān)
甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
遼闊 / 辽阔 (liáokuò)

(shape of the face):

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臉龐 / 脸庞 (liǎnpáng)
臉盤 / 脸盘 (liǎnpán) (colloquial)
臉膛兒 / 脸膛儿 (liǎntángr) (Beijing Mandarin)
面龐 / 面庞 (miànpáng)
面架子 (⁶mi-ka-tsy) (Wu)

Compounds

俊龐兒 / 俊庞儿
奇龐福艾 / 奇庞福艾
龐克 / 庞克 (pángkè)
龐克頭 / 庞克头
龐兒 / 庞儿
龐公 / 庞公 (Pánggōng)
龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
龐大無比 / 庞大无比
龐龐 / 庞庞
龐德 / 庞德
龐德公 / 庞德公
龐然 / 庞然
龐然大物 / 庞然大物 (pángrándàwù)
龐琴曲線 / 庞琴曲线
龐眉白髮 / 庞眉白发
龐眉皓首 / 庞眉皓首
龐眉皓髮 / 庞眉皓发
龐貝 / 庞贝 (Pángbèi)
龐貝壁畫 / 庞贝壁画
龐道 / 庞道
龐雜 / 庞杂 (pángzá)
打腫臉龐 / 打肿脸庞
月貌花龐 / 月貌花庞
淳龐 / 淳庞
臉龐 / 脸庞 (liǎnpáng)
面龐 / 面庞 (miànpáng)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lóng (long²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
  - Wade–Giles: lung²
  - Yale: lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
  - Palladius: лун (lun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/

Definitions

龐

used in 龐龐／庞庞 (lónglóng)

Japanese

Kanji

龐

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}、る (ru)
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}、ろう (rō)
Kun: たかどの (takadono)

Korean

Hanja

龐 • (bang, nong) (hangeul 방, 농, revised bang, nong, McCune–Reischauer pang, nong, Yale pang, nong)

Vietnamese

Han character

龐: Hán Việt readings: bàng^[1]^[2]

chữ Hán form of bàng (“used in Chinese derived compounds to mean big, large, disorderly, messy or to refer to the face”)
chữ Hán form of Bàng (“referring to the Hồng Bàng dynasty and the associated surname”)

References

^ Trần (2004).
^ Thiều Chửu (1942).

[gdhn-1] Trần (2004).

[tchvtd-2] Thiều Chửu (1942).

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