(bàng)

HSK 612 strokes

near

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
bàng
Meaning
near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰亻旁

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

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bàngwǎn
HSK 6

in the evening

Open 傍晚 page →
bàng

to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some mod…

Open 依傍 page →
wēibàng

to snuggle up to

Open 偎傍 page →
bàngliàng

dawn; daybreak

Open 傍亮 page →

mountains on one side and water on the other

Open 依山傍水 page →

to be dependent upon sb

Open 傍人门户 page →

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