Chinese

幫

bāng
the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 1
  • TOCFL 3
  • radical 巾
  • 17 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paːŋ): phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – originally, the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

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Lineage

  • soundChinese封 “border, boundary”
    • soundChinese丰 “lush, luxuriant, flourishing”
    • meaningChinese土 “earth; soil”
    • meaningChinese寸 “Legally defined as the tsun of 3.71475 cm.”
  • meaningChinese帛 “silks; fabrics”
    • soundChinese白 “white”
    • meaningChinese巾 “a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief”

Words built on it: 幫助

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