# 枋

| 枋 | U+678B, &#26507; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-678B |
| ← 枊 [U+678A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 枌 → [U+678C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

枋 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木卜竹尸 (DYHS), four-corner 4092$_7$, composition ⿰木方)

#### Derived characters

* 堏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 515, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14532
* Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1174, character 4
* Unihan data for U+678B

## 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 *paŋ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fāng (fang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): piông
    (Meixian, Guangdong): biong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pang
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fang
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^1$
*** Yale: fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
*** Palladius: фан (fan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^1$
*** Yale: fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: piông
*** Hakka Romanization System: biong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: biong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /pi̯oŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: biong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /piɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (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: bang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: pjang
Rime :
| Character | 枋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府良切 |
| Baxter | pjang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /piuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /piwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[p]raŋʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 枋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bìng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjæng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[p]raŋʔ-s/ |
| English | handle (n.) |
| 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 | 枋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3027 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 方 |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋ/ |

#### Definitions

枋
* sandalwood
* tree used as timber
* (Southern Min) slab
* (Southern Min) Classifier for pieces of object.

#### Compounds

* 壽枋／寿枋
* 枋子
* 枋寮 (Fāngliáo)
* 枋寮鄉／枋寮乡
* 枋山 (Fāngshān)
* 枋山鄉／枋山乡
* 枋頭／枋头
* 榆枋
* 紙枋／纸枋 (chóa-pang) (Min Nan)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 枋 – see 舫 (“bamboo raft”). (This character is an obsolete form of 舫).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 枋 – see 柄 (“handle of implements; authority; classifier of weapon”). (This character is an obsolete form of 柄).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)、ほう (hō)
* Kan-on: へい (hei)、ほう (hō)
* Kun: まゆみ (mayumi)、ふしずけ (fushizuke)、いかだ (ikada)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

枋: Hán Nôm readings: phương
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#### References

* Nom Foundation