# 徬

| 徬 | U+5FAC, &#24492; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FAC |
| ← 徫 [U+5FAB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 徭 → [U+5FAD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

徬 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜月尸 (HOYBS), four-corner 2022$_7$, composition ⿰彳旁)
* to wander about, walk along side of
* to be next to

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 370, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10200
* Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 839, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5FAC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 縍 | *paːŋ |
| 榜 | *paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 蒡 | *paːŋʔ, *braːŋ |
| 牓 | *paːŋʔ |
| 螃 | *paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ |
| 搒 | *paːŋs, *braːŋ |
| 舫 | *paːŋs, *paŋs |
| 謗 | *paːŋs |
| 雱 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 磅 | *pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ |
| 霶 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 滂 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 鎊 | *pʰaːŋ |
| 髈 | *pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ |
| 彷 | *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ |
| 趽 | *baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs |
| 房 | *baːŋ, *baŋ |
| 篣 | *baːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 騯 | *baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ |
| 傍 | *baːŋ, *baːŋs |
| 膀 | *baːŋ |
| 旁 | *baːŋ |
| 徬 | *baːŋs |
| 閍 | *praːŋ |
| 祊 | *praːŋ |
| 嗙 | *praːŋ |
| 方 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 汸 | *paŋ |
| 坊 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 邡 | *paŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 枋 | *paŋ |
| 鈁 | *paŋ |
| 蚄 | *paŋ |
| 肪 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 鴋 | *paŋ, *baŋ |
| 牥 | *paŋ |
| 昉 | *paŋʔ |
| 瓬 | *paŋʔ |
| 放 | *paŋʔ, *paŋs |
| 倣 | *paŋʔ |
| 芳 | *pʰaŋ |
| 淓 | *pʰaŋ |
| 妨 | *pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs |
| 紡 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 仿 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 髣 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 鶭 | *pʰaŋʔ |
| 訪 | *pʰaŋs |
| 防 | *baŋ, *baŋs |
| 魴 | *baŋ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːŋs) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàng (bang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
*** Wade–Giles: pang$^4$
*** Yale: bàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
*** Palladius: бан (ban)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑŋ⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: bangH
Rime :
| Character | 徬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蒲浪切 |
| Baxter | bangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 徬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | páng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁaŋ/ |
| English | walk alongside |
| 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 | 徬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3011 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 傍 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

徬
* (archaic) to walk alongside; to accompany

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páng (pang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pong$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: páng
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: páng
*** Wade–Giles: pʻang$^2$
*** Yale: páng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
*** Palladius: пан (pan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pong$^4$
*** Yale: pòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔːŋ²¹/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 徬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | páng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁaŋ/ |
| English | walk alongside |
| 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. ||

#### Definitions

徬
* Used in 徬徨.

### References

* “徬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* wander about
* walk along side of

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほう (hō)、ぼう (bō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: つきそう (tsukisou, 徬う)

## Korean
### Hanja

徬 (eum 방 (bang))
* to wander about
* walk along side of
* to be next to

## Vietnamese
### Han character

徬: Hán Nôm readings: bàng
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