# 邦

| 邦 | U+90A6, &#37030; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90A6 |
| ← 邥 [U+90A5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 邧 → [U+90A7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

邦 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十弓中 (QJNL), four-corner 5702$_7$, composition ⿰丰阝)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 / 形声, OC *proːŋ): phonetic 丰 (OC *pʰoŋ) + semantic 阝.

### Etymology 1

Possibly the same etymon as 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) (Wang, 1982, Schuessler, 2007). Compare also Burmese ပြည် (prany, “country”) (Luce, 1981).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bāng (bang$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bang$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bong$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bong$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pâng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bang$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bon$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): bó̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): bŭng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pang
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$paon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bang
*** Wade–Giles: pang$^1$
*** Yale: bāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
*** Palladius: бан (ban)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑŋ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bang$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bang
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bong$^1$
*** Yale: bōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔŋ⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâng
*** Hakka Romanization System: bang$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /paŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /paŋ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bŭng
*** Sinological IPA : /puŋ⁵⁵/
* 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/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$paon
*** MiniDict: paon$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$paan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan³³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit邦 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pɑŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /paŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pɑŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /paŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /paŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /paŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /paŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pɔ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pɑŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pɑ̃³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pɑŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /paŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /paŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /paŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pã̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /paŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pɑ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pɒ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pɑ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pɑ̃²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pɑŋ³³/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pɔŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /paŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pouŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pɔŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /paŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔbaŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: paewng
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 |
| Baxter | paewng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠʌŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚɔŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɔŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /pɔŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pɔŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pɔŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bong$^1$ |
* 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/ |

#### Definitions

邦
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

#### Compounds

* 一言喪邦 / 一言丧邦
* 一言興邦 / 一言兴邦 (yīyánxīngbāng)
* 上邦 (shàngbāng)
* 亂邦 / 乱邦 (luànbāng)
* 危邦
* 友邦 (yǒubāng)
* 城邦國家 / 城邦国家
* 多難興邦 / 多难兴邦 (duōnànxīngbāng)
* 大邦 (dàbāng)
* 安邦 (ānbāng)
* 安邦定國 / 安邦定国 (ānbāngdìngguó)
* 安邦治國 / 安邦治国
* 家邦
* 并邦
* 庶邦
* 弊邦 (bìbāng)
* 急并各邦
* 懷寶迷邦 / 怀宝迷邦
* 懷道迷邦 / 怀道迷邦
* 新造邦
* 桑梓之邦
* 民惟邦本
* 民為邦本 / 民为邦本
* 濟世安邦 / 济世安邦
* 濟世經邦 / 济世经邦
* 烏托邦 / 乌托邦 (wūtuōbāng)
* 父母之邦
* 瑞士聯邦 / 瑞士联邦 (Ruìshì Liánbāng)
* 異邦 / 异邦 (yìbāng)
* 番邦 (fānbāng)
* 盟邦 (méngbāng)
* 硬邦邦 (yìngbāngbāng)
* 禮義之邦 / 礼义之邦
* 萬邦 / 万邦 (wànbāng)
* 立國安邦 / 立国安邦
* 立業安邦 / 立业安邦
* 經邦 / 经邦
* 經邦論道 / 经邦论道
* 緬甸聯邦 / 缅甸联邦
* 聯邦 / 联邦 (liánbāng)
* 聯邦國家 / 联邦国家
* 聯邦憲法 / 联邦宪法
* 聯邦政府 / 联邦政府 (liánbāng zhèngfǔ)
* 脣齒之邦 / 唇齿之邦
* 興國安邦 / 兴国安邦
* 興邦 / 兴邦 (xīngbāng)
* 興邦立國 / 兴邦立国
* 舊邦 / 旧邦
* 蓮邦 / 莲邦 (Liánbāng)
* 論道經邦 / 论道经邦
* 邦交 (bāngjiāo)
* 邦伯
* 邦國 / 邦国 (bāngguó)
* 邦土
* 邦域
* 邦基
* 邦士
* 邦媛
* 邦家 (bāngjiā)
* 邦家之光
* 邦彥 / 邦彦
* 邦教
* 邦族
* 邦本
* 邦甸
* 邦畿 (bāngjī)
* 邦禁
* 邦老
* 邦聯 / 邦联 (bānglián)
* 邦貝克 / 邦贝克 (Bāngbèikè)
* 邦迪 (Bāngdí)
* 邦門 / 邦门
* 鄰邦 / 邻邦 (línbāng)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 邦 – see 幫 (“the sides of an object; to help; to assist; to aid; etc.”). (This character 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.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 邦 |
| Kyūjitai | 邦󠄂 邦+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 邦󠄆 邦+&#xE0106; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
| Kyūjitai | 邦󠄅 邦+&#xE0105; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* home country (usually refers to Japan)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kun: くに (kuni, 邦)

#### Compounds

* 邦(ほう)家(か) (hōka)
* 邦(ほう)貨(か) (hōka)
* 邦(ほう)画(が) (hōga)
* 邦(ほう)楽(がく) (hōgaku)
* 邦(ほう)畿(き) (hōki)
* 邦(ほう)銀(ぎん) (hōgin)
* 邦(ほう)語(ご) (hōgo)
* 邦(ほう)国(こく) (hōkoku)
* 邦(ほう)字(じ) (hōji)
* 邦(ほう)人(じん) (hōjin)
* 邦(ほう)船(せん) (hōsen)
* 邦(ほう)題(だい) (hōdai)
* 邦(ほう)土(ど) (hōdo)
* 邦(ほう)盤(ばん) (hōban)
* 邦(ほう)舞(ぶ) (hōbu)
* 邦(ほう)文(ぶん) (hōbun)
* 邦(ほう)訳(やく) (hōyaku)
* 邦(ほう)暦(れき) (hōreki)
* 異(い)邦(ほう) (ihō)
* 外(がい)邦(ほう) (gaihō)
* 合(がっ)邦(ぽう) (gappō)
* 貴(き)邦(ほう) (kihō)
* 州(しゅう)邦(ほう) (shūhō)
* 属(ぞく)邦(ほう) (zokuhō)
* 大(たい)邦(ほう) (taihō)
* 他(た)邦(ほう) (tahō)
* 万(ばん)邦(ぽう) (banpō)
* 本(ほん)邦(ぽう) (honpō)
* 盟(めい)邦(ほう) (meihō)
* 友(ゆう)邦(ほう) (yūhō)
* 連(れん)邦(ぽう) (renpō)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 邦 – see the following entry. :
| 【国くに】2 | [noun] a land, a large place [noun] a country in general, a region [noun] a country as in a nation, a state [noun] the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state [noun] a province of ancient Japan [noun] the national government in ancient Japan; the national capital in ancient Japan [noun] one's birthplace, where one is from, one's home |
(This term, 邦, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1234 (paper), page 630 (digital)
* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “邦”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 邦 (MC paewng). Recorded as Middle Korean 바ᇰ (pang) (Yale: pang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 邦 (eumhun 나라 방 (nara bang))
* hanja form of 방 (“country”)

#### Compounds

* 만방 (萬邦, manbang)
* 연방 (聯邦, yeonbang)
* 연방제 (聯邦制, yeonbangje)
* 영연방 (英聯邦, yeong'yeonbang)
* 우방국 (友邦國, ubangguk)
* 이방인 (異邦人, ibang'in)
* 합방 (合邦, hapbang)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

邦: Hán Nôm readings: vâng, bang, bương
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