# 螃

| 螃 | U+8783, &#34691; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8783 |
| ← 螂 [U+8782] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螄 → [U+8784] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螃 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜月尸 (LIYBS), four-corner 5012$_7$, composition ⿰虫旁)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33363
* Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2881, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8783

## 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 |

### Etymology 1

From 旁 (OC *baːŋ, “side”) (Liu, 1999).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páng (pang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pong$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pông
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban$^2$
* 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
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông
*** Tâi-lô: pông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan¹³/
* Middle Chinese: bang
Rime :
| Character | 螃 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | páng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螃 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 3009 |
| Phonetic component | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 傍 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːŋ/ |

#### Definitions

螃
* Only used in 螃蟹 (pángxiè).

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎng (bang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎng
*** Wade–Giles: pang$^3$
*** Yale: bǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baang
*** Palladius: бан (ban)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pangX, pangH
Rime :
| Character | 螃 | 螃 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 北朗切 | 補曠切 |
| Baxter | pangX | pangH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɑŋ$^X$/ | /pɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɑŋ$^X$/ | /pɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɑŋ$^X$/ | /pɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paŋ$^X$/ | /paŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pɑŋ$^X$/ | /pɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pɑŋ$^X$/ | /pɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pɑŋ$^X$/ | /pɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǎng | bàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bong$^2$ | bong$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋʔ/, /*paːŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螃 | 螃 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 2989 | 2993 |
| Phonetic component | 方 | 方 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 榜 | 螃 |
| Old Chinese | /*paːŋʔ/ | /*paːŋs/ |

#### Definitions

螃
* (historical dictionaries only) a kind of animal similar to toad

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ほう (hō)、ぼう (bō)、ひょう (hyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

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