棒

棒 U+68D2, 棒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68D2 ← 棑 [U+68D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 棓 → [U+68D3]

Translingual

Han character

棒 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木手大手 (DQKQ), four-corner 4595₃, composition ⿰木奉)

Derived characters

• 𠾴, 𥴇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14929
• Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1222, character 9
• Unihan data for U+68D2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		棒
alternative forms		棓 “stick”

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 *broːŋʔ) : semantic 木 (“tree, wood”) + phonetic 奉 (OC *boŋʔ) – a wooden club.

Etymology

“terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful”

The semantics may have developed as “stick” > “hard” > “excellent”; compare dialectal Mandarin 槓／杠 (gàng) (Yang, 2012).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bàng (bang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bang⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бон (bon, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): paang⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pang⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): pong⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pong

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bung³

• Jin (Wiktionary): bon³
• Northern Min (KCR): bō̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): bâung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pāng / pǎng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶baon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
    • Wade–Giles: pang⁴
    • Yale: bàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
    • Palladius: бан (ban)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bang⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бон (bon, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: paang⁵
    • Yale: páahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paang⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːŋ¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pang⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔŋ¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pong
    • Hakka Romanization System: bong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /poŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bung³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʊŋ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: bon³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɒ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bō̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bâung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑuŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāng
    • Tâi-lô: pāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pang
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /paŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /paŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǎng
    • Tâi-lô: pǎng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: păng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶baon
    • MiniDict: baon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³baan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɑ̃²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɑ̃²³¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ban⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: baewngX

Rime
Character	棒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	步項切
Baxter	baewngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠʌŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚɔŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/bɔŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwŋX/
Li Rong	/bɔŋX/
Wang Li	/bɔŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɔŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bong6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*broːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棒
Reading #	1/1
No.	3207
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	㭋
Old Chinese	/*broːŋʔ/
Notes	說文作棓

Definitions

棒

1. stick; club; truncheon
2. to hit with a stick
3. (figurative) baton; responsibility; succession
4. (Mandarin, colloquial) hefty; strong
5. (Mandarin, colloquial) terrific; smart; handsome; excellent; skillful

   這篇文章寫得多棒啊，背下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   这篇文章写得多棒啊，背下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   How excellently written is this article! Learn it by heart.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 厲害 (“impressive; excellent; amazing; fantastic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	牛, 牛兒, 牛屄 vulgar
	Taiwan	厲害, 棒
	Malaysia	厲害, 夠力
	Singapore	厲害
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犀利, 勁
	Hong Kong	犀利, 勁, 勁抽, 堅抽
	Penang (Guangfu)	犀利
	Singapore (Guangfu)	犀利, 勁
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	厲害, 慶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	厲害, 慶, 壁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	厲害, 慶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	厲害, 慶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	厲害, 慶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	厲害, 慶
	Hong Kong	叻
	Kuching (Hepo)	慶
Southern Min	Xiamen	厲害
	Shishi	厲害
	Zhao'an	厲害
	Tainan	厲害
	Penang (Hokkien)	厲害
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Manila (Hokkien)	厲害, 勥, 𠢕
	Haifeng	厲害
	Singapore (Teochew)	厲害
Wu	Shanghai	結棍
	Suzhou	結棍
	Wuxi	結棍
	Hangzhou	結棍
	Ningbo	結棍
Xiang	Changsha	䏧腮

• (Cantonese) (excellent): 正 (zeng3)

Compounds

• 亂棒胡敲／乱棒胡敲
• 交棒 (jiāobàng)
• 冰棒 (bīngbàng)
• 包米棒子
• 吃棒
• 哭喪棒／哭丧棒 (kūsāngbàng)
• 哨棒
• 哭竹棒
• 回力棒
• 回飛棒／回飞棒 (huífēibàng)
• 夾槍帶棒／夹枪带棒
• 好棒 (hǎobàng)
• 少棒
• 巨棒
• 巨棒外交
• 強棒／强棒
• 拖鎗拽棒／拖枪拽棒
• 持刀弄棒
• 指揮棒／指挥棒 (zhǐhuībàng)
• 拳棒
• 控制棒 (kòngzhìbàng)
• 接力棒 (jiēlìbàng)
• 接棒
• 接棒人 (jiēbàngrén)
• 撥火棒／拨火棒
• 擦棒球 (cābàngqiú)
• 木棒 (mùbàng)
• 桿棒／杆棒
• 梢棒
• 棒兒香／棒儿香 (bàngrxiāng)
• 棒喝 (bànghè)
• 棒壇／棒坛
• 棒子 (bàngzi)
• 棒子手
• 棒子麵／棒子面 (bàngzimiàn)
• 棒客
• 椎棒
• 棍棒 (gùnbàng)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
• 棒狀桿菌／棒状杆菌 (bàngzhuàng gǎnjūn)
• 棒球 (bàngqiú)
• 棒球卡
• 棒球場／棒球场
• 棒球賽／棒球赛
• 棒球隊／棒球队
• 棒瘡／棒疮 (bàngchuāng)
• 棒針／棒针 (bàngzhēn)
• 棒針衫／棒针衫 (bàngzhēnshān)
• 棒頭／棒头 (bàngtóu)
• 殺威棒／杀威棒
• 火棒
• 炭精棒
• 狼牙棒
• 球棒 (qiúbàng)
• 琴棒 (qínbàng)
• 當頭一棒／当头一棒
• 當頭棒喝／当头棒喝 (dāngtóubànghè)
• 矽碳棒
• 硬式棒球
• 硬棒
• 磁棒 (cíbàng)
• 窮棒子／穷棒子 (qióngbàngzi)
• 職棒／职棒 (zhíbàng)
• 花棒
• 花棒舞
• 蒲棒
• 藕棒兒／藕棒儿
• 記憶棒／记忆棒 (jìyìbàng)
• 赤棒
• 軟式棒球／软式棒球
• 迎頭棒喝／迎头棒喝
• 連廂棒／连厢棒
• 金箍棒 (jīngūbàng)
• 金錢棒／金钱棒
• 金錢棒舞／金钱棒舞
• 鐵棒／铁棒 (tiěbàng)
• 限棒
• 雙棒兒／双棒儿
• 電棒／电棒 (diànbàng)
• 青少棒
• 青棒
• 馬棒／马棒
• 黃桑棒／黄桑棒

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (棒):

• → Japanese: 棒(ぼう) (bō)

Others:

• → Thai: พลอง (plɔɔng)
• ⇒ Thai: กระบอง (grà-bɔɔng), ตะบอง (dtà-bɔɔng)

Japanese

Kanji

棒

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. bar, staff, stick, pole, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand, (shepherd's) crook.
2. straight line.

Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: つえ (tsue, 棒)^{←つゑ (tuwe, 棒, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
棒
ぼう Grade: 6
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 棒 (MC baewngX). The goon pronunciation, so likely an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼー [bòó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ː]

Noun

棒(ぼう) • (bō) ^{←ばう (bau)?}

1. a staff, measuring 6 shaku (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術 (bōjutsu)
2. (by extension) stick-like or long, cylindrical item: pointer, pole, rod, etc.

   棒(ぼう)を持(も)つ

   bō o motsu

   to hold a pointer

   うまい棒(ぼう)

   Umaibō

   Umaibō (a cylinder-shaped snack food)

   棒(ぼう)のぼり

   bō-nobori

   pole climbing (found in elementary schools to train the strength of students)

3. (by extension) a straight line; bar
4. (by extension) state of being in a "straight line"; continuous
5. taut leg muscles due to fatigue (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
6. (Buddhism) staff used by practitioners of Zen Buddhism

Korean

Hanja

棒 (eumhun 몽둥이 봉 (mongdung'i bong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

棒: Hán Nôm readings: vổng, bọng, bộng, bổng, búng

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