依傍
yī​bàng

imitate

依 yī rely on

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 衣 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

衣
衣 Sound component
yī clothes

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'j+jʔəj lean upon

說文解字

《說文》：“依，倚也。从人，衣聲。”

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)

傍 bàng by side of

Someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
旁
旁 SoundMeaning component
páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbangH[b]ˤaŋ-sbeside; assist
bang[b]ˤaŋbeside; assist
Zhengzhangbaːŋ
baːŋs
Unicodebhɑn
bhɑn

說文解字

近也。从人㫄聲。

Sources

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