bǎngbàngpāngpáng

wing, upper arm

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

旁 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

páng

  

side

Evolution

膀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
膀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
膀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bǎng

upper arm; shoulder; wing

 

bàng

to flirt

 

pāng

puffed (swollen)

 

páng

bladder

() 

bǎng

old variant of [bǎng]

Most common words with 膀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肩膀

shoulder

翅膀

wing

膀胱

bladder

臂膀

arm

膀子

arm