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)

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

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

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)
  - 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/

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/
Hui	Tunxi	/pau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pan³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/pɔn³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/pɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/paŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	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/

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

^⁜ 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

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 ^[1]^[2]	邦󠄂 邦+`󠄂`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	邦󠄆 邦+`󠄆`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
	邦󠄅 邦+`󠄅`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

邦

(Jōyō kanji)

home country (usually refers to Japan)

Readings

Go-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←ほう (fou, historical)}
Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
Kun: くに (kuni, 邦)

Compounds

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)‎^[1] (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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

邦

Wikisource

邦 (eumhun 나라 방 (nara bang))

hanja form^? of 방 (“country”)

Compounds

합방 (合邦, hapbang)
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)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

邦: Hán Nôm readings: vâng, bang, bương

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[1] 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)

[2] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “邦”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

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