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邦

bāng

nation

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 丰 represents the sound.

Components
丰 sound component

丰  Sound component

fēng

  

luxuriant

⻏ meaning component

⻏  Meaning component

yì

  

city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Evolution

邦 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
邦 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
邦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
邦 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
邦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

邦  

bāng

nation, country, state; country; nation; state

Most common words with 邦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

联邦

federal

邦

country

邦德

Bond (name)

吴邦国

Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, polituro member from 2002

刘邦

Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

帮 綁 绑 梆

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤroŋ

paewng

bāng

country


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.6769% of movies

1220th most common character in movies

1363rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+90A6

Shuowen

“邦，國也。从邑，丰聲。，古文。”


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