邦

See also: 那

邦	U+90A6, 邦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90A6

← 邥
[U+90A5]

CJK Unified Ideographs

邧 →
[U+90A7]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Han characterEdit

邦 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十弓中 (QJNL), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰丰⻏)

ReferencesEdit

KangXi: page 1269, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39310
Dae Jaweon: page 1768, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3756, character 14
Unihan data for U+90A6

ChineseEdit

trad.		邦
simp. ^#		邦

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	pʰroːŋs, pʰroːŋs
蚌	broːŋʔ, breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	poːŋʔ, boːŋʔ
俸	poːŋʔ, boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	boːŋ, pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	boːŋʔ, boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	pʰoŋ, boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	boŋ, boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	boŋ, boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *proːŋ): phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ) + semantic ⻏.

Etymology 1Edit

Possibly the same etymon as 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) (Wang, 1982, Schuessler, 2007).

PronunciationEdit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bāng (bang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ

(Chengdu, SP): bang¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹
Gan (Wiktionary): bong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pâng

(Meixian, Guangdong): bang¹
Jin (Wiktionary): bon¹
Min Bei (KCR): bó̤ng
Min Dong (BUC): bŭng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pang

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹
Wu (Wiktionary): paan (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): ban¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bang
  - Wade–Giles: pang¹
  - 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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: bong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: bang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /paŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /paŋ⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɒ̃¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang
  - Tâi-lô: pang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: paan (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑ̃⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ban¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 邦
Mandarin	Beijing	/pɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/paŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/pɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/paŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/paŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/paŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/paŋ²¹/
	Xining	/pɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/pɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/pɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/pã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/paŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/pɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/pɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/pɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/pɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/puɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/pɔ³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/pau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/pɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/pɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/paŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/pɑŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/pɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/pouŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/pɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/paŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔbaŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /pˠʌŋ/

Rime
Character	邦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	博江切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/pɔŋ/
Wang Li	/pɔŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤroŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*proːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	邦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bāng
Middle Chinese	‹ pæwng ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁroŋ/
English	country
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	邦
Reading #	1/1
No.	3200
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	邦
Old Chinese	/*proːŋ/

DefinitionsEdit

邦

^⁜ nation; country; sovereign state
異邦／异邦 ― yìbāng ― foreign country

友邦 ― yǒubāng ― nation or country friendly to one's own country

鄰邦／邻邦 ― línbāng ― neighbouring country

邦交 ― bāngjiāo ― diplomatic relations

一言興邦／一言兴邦 ― yīyánxìngbāng ― One inspirational sentence can revitalize a nation.
state; Pradesh (political division of a federation, especially in India and Myanmar.)
北方邦 ― běifāngbāng ― Uttar Pradesh, India

克欽邦／克钦邦 ― Kèqīn Bāng ― Kachin State, Myanmar
a surname

CompoundsEdit

上邦 (shàngbāng)
危邦
友邦 (yǒubāng)
大邦 (dàbāng)
安邦 (ānbāng)
家邦
庶邦
弊邦 (bìbāng)
新造邦
桑梓之邦
民惟邦本
父母之邦
番邦 (fānbāng)
盟邦 (méngbāng)
硬邦邦 (yìngbāngbāng)
邦交 (bāngjiāo)
邦伯
邦土
邦域
邦基
邦士
邦媛
邦家
邦家之光

Etymology 2Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 邦 – see 幫 (“the sides of an object; to help; to assist; to aid; etc.”). (This character, 邦, is the second-round simplified form of 幫.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.