幫

See also: 帮 and 幇

幫 U+5E6B, 幫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E6B ← 幪 [U+5E6A] CJK Unified Ideographs 幬 → [U+5E6C]

Translingual

Traditional	幫
Shinjitai	幇
Simplified	帮

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

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Chinese

trad.		幫
simp.		帮
variant 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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bāng (bang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ

  (Chengdu, SP): bang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pông
• Min Bei (KCR): bó̤ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pang / pong / png

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): paan (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
    • Wade–Giles: pang¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bong¹
    • Yale: bōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pông
    • Hakka Romanization System: bong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /poŋ²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang
    • Tâi-lô: pang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pong
    • Tâi-lô: pong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: png
    • Tâi-lô: png
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pŋ̍⁴⁴/

Note:

• pang, pong - literary;
• png - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: bang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: paan (T1)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑ̃⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɑŋ/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋ/

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-)
4. (Min Nan) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.

   Synonyms: 班 (bān)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 幫

• 𢯭手 (Hakka)
• 助力 (zhùlì)
• 助理 (zhùlǐ)
• 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
• 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
• 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
• 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
• 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
• 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)

• 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
• 幫手 (Cantonese)
• 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
• 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
• 幫贈／帮赠 (Min Nan)
• 扶助 (fúzhù)
• 扶持 (fúchí)
• 拉巴 (lāba) (dialectal)

• 援助 (yuánzhù)
• 支援 (zhīyuán)
• 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
• 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
• 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
• 補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
• 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
• 陪 (péi) (in compounds only)

Compounds

Derived terms from 幫

• 一幫／一帮
• 不幫襯／不帮衬
• 丐幫／丐帮 (gàibāng)
• 告幫／告帮
• 單幫／单帮 (dānbāng)
• 四人幫／四人帮 (sìrénbāng)
• 在幫／在帮
• 大力幫忙／大力帮忙
• 大幫／大帮
• 客幫／客帮
• 幫丁／帮丁
• 幫亂／帮乱
• 幫伙／帮伙
• 幫住／帮住
• 幫個場子／帮个场子
• 幫倒忙／帮倒忙 (bāng dào máng)
• 幫傭／帮佣
• 幫兒／帮儿
• 幫冬／帮冬
• 幫凶／帮凶
• 幫別／帮别
• 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
• 幫匪／帮匪
• 幫口／帮口
• 幫嘴／帮嘴

• 幫夥／帮伙
• 幫套／帮套 (bāngtào)
• 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
• 幫工／帮工 (bānggōng)
• 幫帖／帮帖
• 幫廚／帮厨 (bāngchú)
• 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
• 幫懶鑽閑／帮懒钻闲
• 幫手／帮手 (bāngshǒu)
• 幫教／帮教
• 幫會／帮会 (bānghuì)
• 幫派／帮派 (bāngpài)
• 幫浦／帮浦 (bāngpǔ)
• 幫湊／帮凑
• 幫狗吃食／帮狗吃食
• 幫班／帮班
• 幫腔／帮腔 (bāngqiāng)
• 幫興／帮兴
• 幫虎吃食／帮虎吃食
• 幫補／帮补
• 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
• 幫貧／帮贫
• 幫辦／帮办 (bāngbàn)
• 幫門戶／帮门户
• 幫閑／帮闲

• 幫閑鑽懶／帮闲钻懒
• 廝幫／厮帮
• 廣府幫／广府帮
• 拉幫／拉帮
• 搭幫／搭帮
• 撂地幫／撂地帮
• 洪幫／洪帮
• 清幫／清帮
• 牙幫骨／牙帮骨
• 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng)
• 穿幫／穿帮 (chuānbāng)
• 紅幫／红帮
• 腮幫子／腮帮子 (sāibāngzi)
• 船幫／船帮
• 落地幫／落地帮
• 行幫／行帮 (hángbāng)
• 訪山幫／访山帮
• 走單幫／走单帮
• 跑單幫／跑单帮 (pǎodānbāng)
• 鑽懶幫閑／钻懒帮闲
• 開幫／开帮
• 青幫／青帮
• 鞋幫／鞋帮 (xiébāng)
• 馬幫／马帮
• 黑幫／黑帮 (hēibāng)

Further reading

• “Entry #12170”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

幫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ほう (hō)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru)

Usage notes

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

幫 (bang)

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