方
/fɑŋ⁵⁵/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•parallel; side by side · parallel boats; raft made of bamboo · to match; to be equal to
Etimoloji
Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) Possibly the original character of 旁 (OC *baːŋ, “side”), with its form related to 巫 (OC *ma). 巫 (wū) depicts four extremities with indicator symbols, being the original character of 荒 (OC *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs) in 四荒. Compared to 巫 (OC *ma), one end of this character lacks the indicator symbol and is elongated to denote "side" 旁 (OC *baːŋ).…