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旁 páng side

beside; side

How to remember 旁: offering stand + 方 direction = side. At the temple fair the bodyguard waits by the offering stand, watches every direction and stays at the side of the pop star.

  • 981. most frequent character
  • HSK 2
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 方

Component breakdown

旁 = offering stand + 方 direction

  • offering stand
  • 方 direction
The Gushi story

At the temple fair the bodyguard waits by the offering stand, watches every direction and stays at the side of the pop star.

How it came to be

A plough turning the earth to one side, with a cover drawn over it. The furrow goes out sideways from the line being walked, which is what beside means.

How it is used

  • 'Beside, next to' - lives in 旁边 (pángbiān): 我旁边 (wǒ pángbiān) right next to me.
  • 旁人 (pángrén) bystanders/others, 旁观 (pángguān) to look on - the 'at the side, uninvolved' sense.
  • In writing it also names a character's side-component: 偏旁 (piānpáng) radical.

Characters built with 旁

Words with 旁

Example sentences

  • 大家坐在桌子旁边。 Dàjiā zuò zài zhuōzi pángbiān.Everyone's sitting at the table.