彷徉 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pángyáng

wander

fǎng, páng, fáng like

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

方 Sound component

fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bang	[b]ˤaŋ	bang-hwang hestitate
Zhengzhang		baːŋ
		pʰaŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

yáng wonder

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

彳 Meaning component

chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	laŋ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica