bàng​liàng

dawn

bàng by side of

Someone  by your side  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
rén person
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

liàng, liang bright

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Depicts a person () in a high place ().

Components

MeaningIconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
SoundIconic component
jīng capital city
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljangH[r]aŋ-s brightness

Sources

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