páng

side

Phonosemantic component. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
凡 iconic component

  Iconic component

fán

  

all

Depicts a wide, flat object.

方 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

旁 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
旁 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
旁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
旁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

páng

side; by side, close by, near; one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as [dāo], [rén] etc)

Most common words with 旁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

旁边

lateral

beside

一旁

aside

袖手旁观

to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger

旁观者

observer

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 14 characters (1 verified)