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旁
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side

HSK 5
Abstract →Space
páng
ボウ、ホウ
つくり、かたがた、かたわら
방, 팽
Phonosemantic component. 凡 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
Components
凡 ordinary+ 方 direction =
旁 side
凡 Iconic component
fán ordinary
variant of 凡[fán]
Depicts a wide, flat object.
方 Meaning component
fāng direction
a square, rectangle
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Notes
Similar Characters
凤 phoenix (simp)帆 sail梵 Buddhist矾 alum (simp)般 sort釩 vanadium (trad)钒 vanadium (iii) (simp)風 wind (trad/jp)风 breeze (simp)鳳 male phoenix (trad)同 same歬 go forward佩 wear at the waist服 apparel仿 imitate坊 workshop妨 hinder彷 seemingly房 domicile放 release
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
Bronze
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
旁
Regular
Modern
Chinese
旁 [páng]
one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dāo], 亻[rén] etc)
Japanese
傍ら 、 側ら (irreg.) 、 傍 (irreg.) 、 旁 、 側 、 脇 かたわら 同音
  1. adj-nonounadverb side; edge; beside; besides; nearby
  2. nounadverb usually kana while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
旁 つくり 同音
noun right-hand radical of a character (e.g. 彡 in 形)
旁 、 旁々 、 旁旁 、 傍 (irreg.) かたがた 同音
adverbconj. usually kana incidentally; at the same time
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
メアリーは読書をしており、１匹の猫がかたわらで眠っていた。
Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
CHINESE WORDS (83)
旁边 [páng​biān] #1,356
lateral
旁边 [páng​biān] #1,356
lateral
一旁 [yī​páng] #9,864
aside
袖手旁观 [xiù​shǒu​páng​guān] #7,382
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
袖手旁观 [xiù​shǒu​páng​guān] #7,382
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
旁观者 [páng​guān​zhě] #11,678
observer
旁观者 [páng​guān​zhě] #11,678
observer
旁人 [páng​rén] #22,979
other people
旁听 [páng​tīng] #15,552
to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
旁听 [páng​tīng] #15,552
to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
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JAPANESE WORDS (19)
⭐ 側 [がわ] #425
side (of something, or taking someone's side)
⭐ 傍ら [かたわら] #4,078
side
傍若無人 [ぼうじゃくぶじん] #18,436
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around
傍証 [ぼうしょう] #71,315
supporting evidence
傍点 [ぼうてん] #98,243
marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention
博引旁証 [はくいんぼうしょう] #242,651
citing copious references
傍注 [ぼうちゅう] #243,699
marginal notes
偏旁 [へんぼう]
left and right kanji radicals
偏旁冠脚 [へんぼうかんきゃく]
radicals of a kanji (left, right, crown and lower)
節旁 [ふしづくり]
kanji "seal" radical at right
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