Wiktionary

幫

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

TranslingualEdit

Traditional 幫
Shinjitai 幇
Simplified 帮

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

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

Glyph originEdit

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).

PronunciationEdit

Note: bong1* - “group, gang”.
Note:
  • pang, pong - literary;
  • png - vernacular.
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • 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/
    Bernard
    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

    DefinitionsEdit

    幫

    1. the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
      船幫／船帮  ―  chuánbāng  ―  shipboard
    2. to help; to assist; to aid
    3. group; gang
      福建幫／福建帮 [Cantonese]  ―  fuk1 gin3 bong1 [Jyutping]  ―  Fujian gang
    4. (dialectal) for
      幫我買件衫／帮我买件衫 [Cantonese]  ―  bong1 ngo5 maai5 gin6 saam1 [Jyutping]  ―  buy a shirt for me
    5. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 幫 (MC pɑŋ)
    6. Classifier for groups of people.
    7. (Min Nan) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
      Synonym: 班 (bān)

    SynonymsEdit

    • (to help):
    Synonyms of 幫
    • (for):
    Dialectal synonyms of 替 (“for”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 替, 為
    Mandarin Beijing 給, 替
    Taiwan 給, 替
    Jinan 給, 替
    Xi'an 替, 給
    Wuhan 跟, 幫
    Chengdu 幫, 給, 跟
    Yangzhou 代, 替
    Hefei 代, 幫
    Singapore 替
    Cantonese Guangzhou 同, 幫
    Hong Kong 同, 幫
    Yangjiang 替, 幐
    Gan Nanchang 跟, 幫
    Hakka Meixian 同, 代
    Jin Taiyuan 替, 給
    Min Bei Jian'ou 替, 幫
    Min Dong Fuzhou 替, 共
    Min Nan Xiamen 替, 共
    Quanzhou 共
    Zhangzhou 共
    Tainan 替, 共
    Singapore (Hokkien) 替, 共
    Chaozhou 代, 個
    Wu Suzhou 替, 搭
    Wenzhou 代
    Xiang Changsha 幫, 跟, 代
    Shuangfeng 幫

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 幫

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    幫

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 幇)

    1. Kyūjitai form of 幇

    ReadingsEdit

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

    Usage notesEdit

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

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    幫 (eumhun 도울 방 (doul bang))

    1. Hanja form? of 방 (“help”).

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    幫: Hán Nôm readings: bang

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