漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
棒: rod, stick
Also: cane, pole, club, line
JLPT N212 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 奉 gives the sound
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ボウbou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 棒ぼうpole, rod, stick
- 棒状ぼうじょうcylindrical
- 棒立ちぼうだちstand bolt upright [n.]
- 棒読みぼうよみread in monotone [n.]
- 相棒あいぼうpartner, pal, accomplice
- 警棒けいぼうpolice baton, nightstick
- 泥棒どろぼうthief, burglar, robber, theft
- 延べ棒のべぼうingot
- 用心棒ようじんぼうbodyguard
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side棒 rod · 木
vs俸 stipend · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bàng
Same form: 棒 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 棒 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 棒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin bàng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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