邦

See also: 那

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

邦 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十弓中 (QJNL), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰丰阝)

Derived characters

• 垹, 梆

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

trad.		邦
simp. #		邦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 邦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (丰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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 (bang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bong¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): bong¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pâng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bang¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): bon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bó̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): bŭng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹paon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bang
    • Wade–Giles: pang¹
    • Yale: bāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bang
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: bong¹
    • Yale: bōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /paŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /paŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: bang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹paon
    • MiniDict: paon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹paan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɑ̃⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ban¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 邦
Mandarin	Beijing	/pɑŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/paŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/pɑŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/paŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/paŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/paŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/paŋ²¹/
	Xining	/pɔ̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/pɑ̃³¹/
	Ürümqi	/pɑŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/pã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/paŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/pɑ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/pɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/pɑ̃⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/pɑŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/puɔ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/pɔ³¹/
	Tunxi	/pau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pan³³/
	Xiangtan	/pɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/pɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/paŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/pɑŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pɔŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/pɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/pɔŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/paŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pouŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/paŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbaŋ²³/

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• 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	bong1

• 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

1. (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.

2. 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

3. 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.