榜
bǎngbàng HSK6

placard

A sign posted 旁 on a tree 木; 旁 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
旁
旁 SoundMeaning component
páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpængHpˤraŋ-soar
Zhengzhangpaːŋʔ
praːŋs
braːŋ
Unicodebæ̀ng
bɑ̀ng

說文解字

所以輔弓弩。从木㫄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)