彷

See also: 仿 and 徬

彷	U+5F77, 彷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F77

← 彶
[U+5F76]

CJK Unified Ideographs

彸 →
[U+5F78]

Translingual

Han character

彷 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜竹尸 (HOYHS), four-corner 2022₇, composition ⿰彳方)

Derived characters

𭝁, 𩭔

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 365, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10052
Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 815, character 1
Unihan data for U+5F77

Chinese

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ): semantic 彳 + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		彷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páng (pang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵

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
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: bang

Rime
Character	彷
Reading #	1/2
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong⁴

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

(Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	彷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bang ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁaŋ/
English	bang-hwang hestitate
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	彷
Reading #	1/2
No.	3000
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

彷

used in 彷徉 (pángyáng)
used in 彷徨 (pánghuáng)

Compounds

彷佯 (pángyáng)
彷徉 (pángyáng)
彷徨 (pánghuáng)
彷徨失措
彷洋 (pángyáng)

Etymology 2

trad.		彷/仿^*
simp.		仿^*
alternative forms		髣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎng (fang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hóng

(Teochew, Peng'im): huang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎng
  - Wade–Giles: fang³
  - Yale: fǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faang
  - Palladius: фан (fan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fong²
  - Yale: fóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
  - Tâi-lô: hóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: horng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²/

Middle Chinese: phjangX

Rime
Character	彷
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	妃兩切
Baxter	phjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彷
Reading #	2/2
No.	3046
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	髣
Old Chinese	/*pʰaŋʔ/
Notes	髣俗字

Definitions

彷

alternative form of 仿
used in 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)

Compounds

彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
彷髴 (fǎngfú)

References

“彷”, 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

彷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}、ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
Kun: さまよう (samayou, 彷う)^{←さまよふ (samayofu, 彷ふ, historical)}

Derived terms

彷徨(さまよ)う (samayou): wander
彷徨(うろつ)く (urotsuku): to loiter, to hang around

Korean

Hanja

彷 (eum 방 (bang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彷: Hán Nôm readings: phảng

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