旁
one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,374 U+65C1
How 旁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
立 (semantic, “stand”) + 方 (phonetic, fāng)
How to remember it
side · Heisig RSH #498
立 standing up + crown + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 方
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 方 (fāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound component | fāng | square, rectangle; side; region; flag |
| 放 | fàng | to release, to liberate, to free |
| 房 | fáng | building, house, room |
| 防 | fáng | to protect, to defend, to guard against |
| 访 | fǎng | to visit; to inquire, to ask |
| 仿 | fǎng | to imitate, to copy; fake; as if |
| 坊 | fāng | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill |
| 芳 | fāng | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous |
| 纺 | fǎng | to spin, to weave, to reel |
| 肪 | fáng | animal fat |
| 妨 | fáng | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine |
| 邡 | fāng | a district in Sichuan province |
| 彷 | páng | similar, alike; to resemble |
| 舫 | fǎng | yacht, fancy boat |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn, daybreak; to appear |
| 鲂 | fáng | bream |
| 钫 | fāng | francium |
Words containing 旁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当局者迷，旁观者清 | dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng | (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved |
| 杀君马者道旁儿 | shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér | lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people… |
| 冠状动脉旁通手术 | guān zhuàng dòng mài páng tōng shǒu shù | coronary bypass operation |
| 当耳旁风 | dàng ěr páng fēng | lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear; fig. to completely disregard |
| 反文旁 | fǎn wén páng | (colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴) |
| 旁观者清 | páng guān zhě qīng | an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom) |
| 言字旁 | yán zì páng | name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149); see also 訁… |
| 旁若无人 | páng ruò wú rén | to act as though there were nobody else present; unselfconscious; fig. without regard for … |
| 旁边儿 | páng biān r | erhua variant of 旁邊|旁边[pang2 bian1] |
| 声旁字 | shēng páng zì | character serving as sound value of another character; phonetic |
| 耳旁风 | ěr páng fēng | lit. wind past your ear; fig. sth you don't pay much attention to; in one ear and out the … |
| 冠状动脉旁路移植手术 | guān zhuàng dòng mài páng lù yí zhí shǒu shù | coronary bypass operation |
| 旁门左道 | páng mén zuǒ dào | dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group |
| 冷眼旁观 | lěng yǎn páng guān | (idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to s… |
| 旁听生 | páng tīng shēng | auditor (student) |
| 旁观者 | páng guān zhě | observer; spectator |
| 立刀旁 | lì dāo páng | name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occ… |
| 旁人 | páng rén | other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders |
| 一旁 | yī páng | aside; to the side of |
| 旁白 | páng bái | aside (theater); voice-over; background narration |