幫

See also: 帮 and 幇
幫 U+5E6B, 幫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E6B
← 幪
[U+5E6A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 幬 →
[U+5E6C]

Translingual

Han character

幫 (radical 50, 巾+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹日月 (GIHAB), four-corner 44227, composition ⿱封帛)

References

  • KangXi: page 337, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9125
  • Dae Jaweon: page 644, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 756, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5E6B

Chinese

trad. 幫
simp. 帮
alt. forms 幇
幚
邦 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (封) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
幫 *paːŋ
鞤 *paːŋ
封 *poŋ, *poŋs
葑 *poŋ, *poŋs
犎 *poŋ
崶 *poŋ
湗 *poŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paːŋ) : phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • pang, pong - literary;
  • png - vernacular.
Rime
Character 幫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 博旁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /pɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /paŋ/
Li
Rong		 /pɑŋ/
Wang
Li		 /pɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bāng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 幫
Reading # 1/1
No. 3251
Phonetic
component		 封
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 幫
Old
Chinese		 /*paːŋ/
Notes 段玉裁雲源自䋽

Definitions

幫

  1. group; gang
  2. to help; to assist; to aid
  3. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡎ (b-)

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

幫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Usage notes

This character form is rarely used in Japan. See 幇 instead.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

幫 (bang)

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