(bāng)

HSK 7-96 strokes

(bound form) country

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
bāng
Meaning
(bound form) country; nation; state
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰丰阝

A bountiful 丰 place 阝

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

6 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.

liánbāng
HSK 7-9

federal

Open 联邦 page →
liúbāng

Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Ha…

Open 刘邦 page →
yǒubāng

friendly state; ally

Open 友邦 page →
bāng

native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent s…

Open 土邦 page →

Madhya Pradesh, central Indian state

Open 中央邦 page →

Uttar Pradesh (state in India)

Open 北方邦 page →

Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012

Open 吴邦国 page →

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