两旁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

liǎngpáng

both sides

liǎng two Simplified

Simplified form of 兩. Combination of two 丙 characters. 丙 also represents the sound.

Components

丙 Sound component

bǐng third

Change in sound

两 and 丙 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
两 *p.raŋʔ
丙 *praŋʔ

丙 Sound component

bǐng third

Component uses

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

Unknown (0 of 3 verified)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.617-618漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

páng side

Phonosemantic component. 凡 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

凡 Iconic component

fán all

Depicts a wide, flat object.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 凡 than it was in ancient scripts.

方 Sound Meaning component

fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 14 verified)

膀镑榜傍磅谤螃滂耪蒡鳑鰟鎊謗

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bang	[b]ˤaŋ	side; broad

說文解字

《說文》：“旁，溥也。从二，闕，方聲。，古文；，亦古文；雱，籀文。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

liǎng two Traditional

Combination of two 丙 characters. 丙 also represents the sound.

Components

丙 Sound component

bǐng third

Change in sound

兩 and 丙 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
兩 *p.raŋʔ
丙 *praŋʔ

丙 Sound component

bǐng third

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 3 verified)

Meaning (2)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljangX	p.raŋʔ	a pair

說文解字

《說文》：“兩，二十四銖為一兩。从一；，平分，亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.617-618漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)