Dong Chinese dictionary

páng

side

Phonosemantic component. 凡 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

凡 Iconic component

fán

all

Depicts a wide, flat object.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 凡 than it was in ancient scripts.

fāng

square

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

páng

side; by side, close by, near; one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dāo], 亻[rén] etc)

Most common words with 旁

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	旁边	lateral
	旁	beside
	一旁	aside
	袖手旁观	to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
	旁观者	observer

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 14 characters (1 verified)

Sources