螃

螃	U+8783, 螃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8783

← 螂
[U+8782]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螄 →
[U+8784]

Translingual

Han character

螃 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜月尸 (LIYBS), four-corner 5012₇, composition ⿰虫旁)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33363
Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 3
Unihan data for U+8783

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螃
2nd round simp.		⿰虫㝑

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

Etymology 1

From 旁 (OC *baːŋ, “side”) (Liu, 1999).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): páng (pang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pông
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban²

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
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
  - Tâi-lô: pông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ban²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan¹³/

Middle Chinese: bang

Rime
Character	螃
Reading #	1/3
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
(Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螃
Reading #	3/3
No.	3009
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	傍
Old Chinese	/*baːŋ/

Definitions

螃

only used in 螃蟹 (pángxiè)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎng (bang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pang³
  - Yale: bǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baang
  - Palladius: бан (ban)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: pangX, pangH

Rime
Character	螃	螃
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	北朗切	補曠切
Baxter	pangX	pangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑŋ^X/	/pɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑŋ^X/	/pɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑŋ^X/	/pɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paŋ^X/	/paŋ^H/
Li Rong	/pɑŋ^X/	/pɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/pɑŋ^X/	/pɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑŋ^X/	/pɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎng	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong²	bong³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*paːŋʔ/, /*paːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螃	螃
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	2989	2993
Phonetic component	方	方
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	榜
Old Chinese	/*paːŋʔ/	/*paːŋs/

Definitions

螃

(historical dictionaries only) a kind of animal similar to toad

Japanese

Kanji

螃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ほう (hō)、ぼう (bō)、ひょう (hyō)

Korean

Hanja

螃 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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