枋

枋	U+678B, 枋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-678B

← 枊
[U+678A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

枌 →
[U+678C]

Translingual

Han character

枋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木卜竹尸 (DYHS), four-corner 4092₇, composition ⿰木方)

Derived characters

堏

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 515, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14532
Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1174, character 4
Unihan data for U+678B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		枋

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 *paŋ): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāng (fang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): piông

(Meixian, Guangdong): biong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pang

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fang
  - Wade–Giles: fang¹
  - Yale: fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
  - Palladius: фан (fan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fong¹
  - Yale: fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piông
  - Hakka Romanization System: biong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: biong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: biong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /piɔŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang
  - Tâi-lô: pang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: pjang

Rime
Character	枋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府良切
Baxter	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[p]raŋʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*paŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	枋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bìng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjæng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[p]raŋʔ-s/
English	handle (n.)
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	枋
Reading #	1/1
No.	3027
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	方
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/

Definitions

枋

sandalwood
tree used as timber
(Southern Min) slab
(Southern Min) Classifier for pieces of object.

Compounds

壽枋 / 寿枋
枋子
枋寮 (Fāngliáo)
枋寮鄉 / 枋寮乡
枋山 (Fāngshān)
枋山鄉 / 枋山乡
枋頭 / 枋头
榆枋
紙枋 / 纸枋 (chóa-pang) (Min Nan)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 枋 – see 舫 (“bamboo raft”). (This character is an obsolete form of 舫).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 枋 – see 柄 (“handle of implements; authority; classifier of weapon”). (This character is an obsolete form of 柄).

Japanese

Kanji

枋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)、ほう (hō)
Kan-on: へい (hei)、ほう (hō)
Kun: まゆみ (mayumi)、ふしずけ (fushizuke)、いかだ (ikada)

Korean

Hanja

枋 (eum 방 (bang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

枋: Hán Nôm readings: phương

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References

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