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幫

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

Translingual

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Traditional 幫
Shinjitai 幇
Simplified 帮

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

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trad. 幫
simp. 帮
2nd round simp. 邦
alternative forms
幇
幚
鞤
縍／𫄰
䩷
幇
幚
鞤
縍／𫄰
䩷
㿶
 

Glyph origin

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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 / 形声, OC *paːŋ): phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – originally, the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

Pronunciation

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Note: bong1* - “group, gang”.
Note:
  • pang - literary, to help (Mainland China), gang, classifier for group of people (Mainland China), classifier for scheduled transportation, classifier for batches;
  • png/pn̂g/pn̄g - vernacular, to supplement, to participate in betting, to sublet, to expand;
  • pong - literary.
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
Baxter pang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/paŋ/
Li
Rong 		/pɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bong1
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

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幫

  1. the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
    船幫／船帮  ―  chuánbāng  ―  shipboard
  2. to help; to assist; to aid
  3. gang; faction; group
    福建幫／福建帮 [Cantonese]  ―  fuk1 gin3 bong1 [Jyutping]  ―  Fujian gang
  4. (informal, derogatory) Classifier for groups of people.
    一幫孩子／一帮孩子  ―  yī bāng háizǐ  ―  a bunch of children
    一幫土匪／一帮土匪  ―  yī bāng tǔfěi  ―  a gang of bandits
  5. (dialectal) for
    幫我買件衫／帮我买件衫 [Cantonese]  ―  bong1 ngo5 maai5 gin6 saam1 [Jyutping]  ―  buy a shirt for me
  6. (Shanghainese) and; with
    我幫儂到商場去。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    我帮侬到商场去。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    6ngu 1paon 6non 5tau 1saon-zan-chi [Wugniu]
    I'll go to the shopping mall with you.
  7. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 幫 (MC pang)
  8. (Hokkien) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
  9. (Hokkien) Classifier for batches of letters, bulk deliveries, etc.
  10. (Mainland China Hokkien) to supplement (on the side)
  11. (Xiamen Hokkien) to participate in or to depend partially or entirely on betting, contests, etc. for profit
    Synonym: 班 (bān)
  12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to sublet; to sublease
  13. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to expand; to enlarge; to extend

Synonyms

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  • (to help):
  • (for):
Dialectal synonyms of 替 (“for”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 替, 為
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 給, 替
Taiwan 給, 替
Singapore 替
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 給, 替
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 替, 給
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 幫, 給, 跟
Wuhan 跟, 幫
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 代, 替
Hefei 代, 幫
Cantonese Guangzhou 同, 幫
Hong Kong 同, 幫
Yangjiang 替, 幐
Gan Nanchang 跟, 幫
Hakka Meixian 同, 代
Jin Taiyuan 替, 給
Northern Min Jian'ou 替, 幫
Eastern Min Fuzhou 替, 共
Southern Min Xiamen 替, 共
Quanzhou 共
Zhangzhou 共
Tainan 替, 共
Singapore (Hokkien) 替, 共
Chaozhou 代, 個
Jieyang 個
Wu Shanghai 幫, 搭
Suzhou 替, 搭
Wenzhou 代
Xiang Changsha 幫, 跟, 代
Shuangfeng 幫
  • (and):
Dialectal synonyms of 和 (“and”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 與, 及
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 和, 與, 及, 與及 Cantonese
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 跟, 和
Taiwan 跟, 和
Malaysia 和, 跟
Singapore 和, 跟
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 和, 跟, 給
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 和
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 和
Wanrong (Ronghe) 連
Xi'an 跟, 連
Xining 帶, 和
Xuzhou 給
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 帶
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 連
Lanzhou 跟, 和
Ürümqi 跟, 連, 和
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 跟, 給, 和
Wuhan 跟
Guiyang 跟, 同, 和
Guilin 跟, 和
Liuzhou 跟, 同, 和
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 告, 跟
Yangzhou 跟, 交
Hefei 跟
Cantonese Guangzhou 同, 同埋, 共
Hong Kong 同, 同埋
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 同
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 同
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 同
Macau 同, 同埋
Taishan 同埋
Kaiping (Chikan) 同, 同埋
Dongguan 同, 同埋
Yangjiang 鄧, 同
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 同
Penang (Guangfu) 同
Singapore (Guangfu) 同
Gan Nanchang 跟, 同
Lichuan 和
Pingxiang 同, 跟
Hakka Meixian 同, 摎
Yudu 澗
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 摎
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 同
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 摎
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 同
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 摎
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 和
Hong Kong 摎
Kuching (Hepo) 佮
Huizhou Jixi 搭
Shexian 搭
Huangshan (Tunxi) 和, 合
Xiuning 合
Yixian 和, 同
Qimen 跟
Wuyuan 剛
Jin Taiyuan 和, 跟
Xinzhou 給
Northern Min Jian'ou 邀
Jian'ou (Dikou) 邀, 儉, 教
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 邀
Pucheng (Shibei) 邀, 跟
Eastern Min Fuzhou 共
Fuzhou (Changle) 共
Fuqing 共
Yongtai 共
Gutian 共
Fu'an 共
Ningde 共
Shouning 隨
Zhouning 傮, 共
Fuding 跟
Southern Min Xiamen 佮, 交
Xiamen (Tong'an) 佮
Quanzhou 佮, 交
Zhangzhou 佮
Tainan 佮
Hsinchu 交
Penang (Hokkien) 佮
Singapore (Hokkien) 佮
Manila (Hokkien) 佮, 交
Chaozhou 佮, 共
Shantou 佮
Jieyang 佮
Singapore (Teochew) 佮
Pontianak (Teochew) 佮
Leizhou 共
Wenchang 共
Haikou 共
Qionghai 共
Puxian Min Putian 共
Xianyou 共
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 同, 同埋
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 跟, 邀
Wu Shanghai 脫, 脫仔, 得, 得仔, 搭, 搭仔, 交, 幫, 同, 跟
Shanghai (Songjiang) 搭
Shanghai (Jiading) 搭, 脫, 脫仔
Shanghai (Chongming) 脫
Suzhou 搭, 搭仔
Danyang 同, 跟
Hangzhou 同
Ningbo 搭, 搭仔
Wenzhou 伉
Jinhua 亨, 跟
Xiang Changsha 跟
Loudi 跟
Shuangfeng 跟, 同

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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幫

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 幇)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 幇

Readings

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

Usage notes

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

Korean

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Hanja

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幫 (eumhun 도울 방 (doul bang))

  1. hanja form? of 방 (“help”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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幫: Hán Nôm readings: bang

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