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 (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
alternative forms		幇幚邦 second round simplified

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

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)

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/

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

DefinitionsEdit

幫

group; gang
福建幫 / 福建帮 [Cantonese] ― fuk¹ gin³ bong¹ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this example)
to help; to assist; to aid
(～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡎ (b-)
(Min Nan) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
Synonym: 班 (bān)

SynonymsEdit

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Synonyms of 幫

𢯭手 (Hakka)
佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
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)
支持 (zhīchí)

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) (literary, or in compounds)
鬥相共／斗相共 (Min Nan)
鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Min Nan)
鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Min Nan)

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 幫

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 (bāngbǔ)
幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
幫貧／帮贫
幫辦／帮办 (bāngbàn)
幫門戶／帮门户
幫閑／帮闲

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

幫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

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

Usage notesEdit

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

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

幫 (bang)

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幫

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Glyph originEdit

PronunciationEdit

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CompoundsEdit

Further readingEdit

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