# 彷

| 彷 | U+5F77, &#24439; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F77 |
| ← 彶 [U+5F76] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 彸 → [U+5F78] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彷 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜竹尸 (HOYHS), four-corner 2022$_7$, composition ⿰彳方)

#### Derived characters

* 𭝁, 𩭔

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 365, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10052
* Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 815, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5F77

## 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 *baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páng (pang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pong$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): pang$^5$
* 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/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pang$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bang
Rime :
| Character | 彷 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 步光切 |
| Baxter | bang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /bɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /bɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | páng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 彷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | páng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁaŋ/ |
| English | bang-hwang hestitate |
| 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 | 彷 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3000 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 傍 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːŋ/ |
| Notes | 見莊子 |

#### Definitions

彷
* Used in 彷徉 (pángyáng).
* Used in 彷徨 (pánghuáng).

#### Compounds

* 彷佯 (pángyáng)
* 彷徉 (pángyáng)
* 彷徨 (pánghuáng)
* 彷徨失措
* 彷洋 (pángyáng)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎng (fang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hóng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎng
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^3$
*** Yale: fǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faang
*** Palladius: фан (fan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^2$
*** Yale: fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóng
*** Tâi-lô: hóng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: horng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: phjangX
Rime :
| Character | 彷 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 妃兩切 |
| Baxter | phjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰiwaŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 彷 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3046 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 髣 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰaŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 髣俗字 |

#### Definitions

彷
* Alternative form of 仿
* Used in 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú).

#### Compounds

* 彷彿／仿佛 (fǎngfú)
* 彷髴 (fǎngfú)

### References

* “彷”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼう (bō)、ほう (hō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: さまよう (samayou, 彷う)

#### Derived terms

* 彷徨(さまよ)う (samayou): wander
* 彷徨(うろつ)く (urotsuku): to loiter, to hang around

## Korean
### Hanja

彷 (eum 방 (bang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

彷: Hán Nôm readings: phảng
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