bàn​láng

groomsman

bàn companion

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbanX[C.b]ˤanʔ comrade

說文解字

《說文》:“伴,大皃。从人,半聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

láng gentleman

Original meaning: place in Shandong province

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally a place name for what is now Shandong province. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Sound component
liáng good
Meaning component
city

⻏ is a component form of .

Character Evolution

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 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 Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlangC.rˤaŋ young gentleman
langrˤaŋ double roof

說文解字

《說文》:“郎,魯亭也。从邑,良聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica