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旁
páng
1. beside
2. one side
3. other
4. side
5. self
6. the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

旁
páng
side; beside, close, nearby
HSK 2 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

一旁
yīpáng
aside
偏旁
piānpáng
the left- and right-side of a split Chinese character, often the key (radical) and phonetic
两旁
liǎngpáng
both sides
四旁
sìpáng
nearby regions
在旁
zàipáng
alongside
形旁
xíngpáng
part of Chinese character indicating the meaning
旁人
pángrén
other people
旁氏
Pángshì
Pond's (brand of skin care products)
旁白
pángbái
background narrator or commentator in a play
旁皇
pánghuáng
variant of [[彷徨<pánghuáng>]]
旁系
pángxì
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
旁听
pángtīng
to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
旁观
pángguān
spectator
旁证
pángzhèng
circumstantial evidence
旁路
pánglù
to bypass
旁边
pángbiān
lateral
HSK 2
旁门
pángmén
side door
旁鹜
pángwù
to be inattentive
波旁
Bōpáng
Bourbon
声旁
shēngpáng
phonetic component of Chinese character

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
980
Word Frequency Rank
1,257 of 84,292

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