Read Edit View history 幫 bāng HSK1 help Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 帛 represents the meaning and 封 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "side of a shoe". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas bāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 帮 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 幫 Simp strokes 幫 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 幫 Simp strokes 幫 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 幫 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 233, 749 ], [ 278, 744 ], [ 357, 754 ], [ 422, 771 ], [ 478, 769 ] ], [ [ 342, 839 ], [ 375, 811 ], [ 373, 714 ], [ 360, 692 ] ], [ [ 123, 638 ], [ 157, 631 ], [ 193, 633 ], [ 460, 690 ], [ 512, 686 ] ], [ [ 236, 573 ], [ 292, 569 ], [ 411, 598 ], [ 459, 598 ] ], [ [ 345, 647 ], [ 373, 619 ], [ 370, 539 ], [ 355, 521 ] ], [ [ 187, 476 ], [ 223, 462 ], [ 239, 462 ], [ 462, 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