Character: 邦
Modern (Beijing) reading: bāng
Preclassic Old Chinese: prōŋ
Classic Old Chinese: prōŋ
Western Han Chinese: prōŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: prōŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: pọ̄ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pọ̄ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: pọ̄ŋ
Middle Chinese: pạuŋ
English meaning : country
Russian meaning[s]: государство, держава; страна; штат
Comments: Cf. perhaps also Viet. vùng 'zone, region, country'.
Radical: 163
Four-angle index: 2157
Karlgren code: 1197 e-h
Vietnamese reading: bang
Shijing occurrences: 47.3, 54.4
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