滂

滂

滂 U+6EC2, 滂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EC2 ← 滁 [U+6EC1] CJK Unified Ideographs 滃 → [U+6EC3]

Translingual

Han character

滂 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水卜月尸 (EYBS), four-corner 3012₇, composition ⿰氵旁)

Derived characters

• 𬉘, 霶

References

• KangXi: page 641, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18003
• Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1706, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6EC2

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		滂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰaːŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 旁 (OC *baːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāng (pang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴, pong¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pang
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang¹
    • Yale: pāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pang
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pong⁴, pong¹
    • Yale: pòhng, pōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴, pong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴, pong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/, /pʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng
    • Tâi-lô: phōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰɑŋ/

Rime
Character	滂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普郎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰɑŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	滂
Reading #	1/1
No.	2997
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	滂
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːŋ/

Definitions

滂

1. (of water) torrential; rushing
2. voluminous
3. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 滂 (MC pʰɑŋ)

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation páng.

Compounds

大雨滂沱 (dàyǔpāngtuó) 涕泗滂沱 (tìsìpāngtuó) 淜滂 (píngpāng) 滂喜篇 滂江 滂沛

滂沱 (pāngtuó) 滂沱大雨 (pāngtuódàyǔ) 滂浩 滂渤 滂湃

滂滂 滂濞 (pēngpì) 滂薄 滂澤／滂泽 胡吹亂滂／胡吹乱滂

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēng (peng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: peng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻêng¹
    • Yale: pēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peng
    • Palladius: пэн (pɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

滂

1. Only used in 滂濞 (pēngpì) and 滂湃.

References

• (Min Nan) “Query for 滂”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

滂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi)

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Korean

Hanja

滂 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

滂: Hán Nôm readings: bẵng, bàng, phang, phẳng

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