榜 (bǎng) - Meaning, Stroke Order & Audio

榜

bǎng[bang3]Tone 3

notice or announcement, list of names, public roll of successful examinees

HSK 6

Multiple Readings (多音字):

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Topology:Left-right

Strokes:14

Writing Balance Rule: The left side (木 tree radical) is narrower and slightly taller, while the right side (旁 side/beside) is wider and accommodates the complex internal components.

1. Meaning

public notice, announcement, or list of successful candidates

placardsignboardhonor roll

NounFormal#education#society#governance#announcements

Sample Usage

金榜题名
jīn bǎng tí míng
to have one's name on the golden list (of successful imperial examination candidates)
光荣榜
guāng róng bǎng
roll of honor / honor roll

2. Sound

/[paŋ²¹⁴]/Tone: 214

榜

bǎngbang3

ˇ(214)

=bǎng

Initial Consonant

Type: Unaspirated Bilabial

Sounds like: b sound as in boy

Unaspirated

Airflow Tactile Test: No burst of air. A tissue in front of lips should stay still.

Tongue & Mouth Position: Both lips closed together momentarily before releasing into the vowel.

Final Rhyme

ang

Vowel Group: -a vowel group

Sounds like: -ang rhymes with 'ong' in song or 'ung' in rung

Mouth Shape Guide: Pronounce as standalone vowel 'ahng'.

Common Learner Trap: Keep vowel quality steady across all 4 tone contours.

Tone

T3 (214)

2 → 1 → 4 (214)

3rd Tone (Low-Dipping)

Tone Pitch & Cadence: Tone 3 starts mid-low, dips deeply down to the lowest register, and sweeps up to a high pitch, similar to incredulous English voice inflections like 'Reallly?'

Sandhi: When followed by another 3rd tone syllable, changes to a 2nd tone (rising 35).

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Listening trap: Do not confuse the unaspirated 'b' with the strongly aspirated 'p'. Also ensure the nasal ending '-ang' does not collapse into an '-an' or '-ang' without the proper dipping tone.

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Physical Tone Gesture: Trace a checkmark in the air: dip down from your chest level and sweep up high to the right, mirroring the low-dipping contour of Tone 3.

3. Writing

Topology: Left-right · Strokes: 14 strokes

Writing Balance Rule: The left side (木 tree radical) is narrower and slightly taller, while the right side (旁 side/beside) is wider and accommodates the complex internal components.

4. Components

Radical 木 · Tree Radical (tree, wood)

Semantic Clue (形旁): 木 (Indicates that ancient notices and signboards were originally made of wood.)

Phonetic Clue (声旁): 旁 (original sound: páng)

A wooden plank (木) placed at the side (旁) of a public thoroughfare to display important government notices and examination results.

木 wooden board or post
旁 phonetic clue and semantic hint for 'side/public display'

5. History

Liushu category: Phono-semantic (形声)

Origin: Originally constructed from '木' (wood) because imperial decrees and lists of successful scholars were historically posted on wooden boards or pillars in public squares.

Semantic Evolution: From a wooden placard or signpost to any official roster, public announcement, or honor list.

In imperial China, passing the rigorous civil service exams meant your name would finally appear on the 'jinbang' (金榜, golden roll).

6. Sinosphere

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Kanji (Japanese)

On: ホウ

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Hanja (Korean)

방

7. Memory

Vivid Mnemonic Story

Imagine standing by a wooden tree (木) on the side (旁) of the road, reading an excited public announcement (榜) tacked onto the trunk about exam winners.

Phonetic Family (形声字家族)

旁

pángside, by the sideBase phonetic component without the tree radical.

磅

bàngpound (unit of weight)Replaces wood with stone (石) because heavy stones are weighed.

膀

bǎngupper arm, shoulder, wingReplaces wood with flesh/meat (月) because shoulders and wings are body parts.

Lookalikes & Traps (形近字)

膀(bǎng)

榜 has the wooden radical (木) for public wooden notice boards, whereas 膀 has the flesh radical (月) referring to wings or shoulders.

8. Mastery

Active Recall Challenge

放榜那天，许多考生都来查看自己有没有考上大学。[___]

Clue: bǎng

Common Learner Pitfall

Confusing the tone (reading it as 1st tone bang or 4th tone bang instead of the dipping 3rd tone bǎng), or confusing it with its lookalike character 膀 (bǎng/páng) due to sharing the same phonetic root 旁.

Memory Prompts

Recognition: When you see the character 榜 with a wooden radical on the left and 旁 on the right, what does it mean?

Production: How do you write the character for 'public notice / honor roll' (bǎng) using the wood radical and phonetic side?

榜bǎngnotice or announcement, list of names, public roll of successful examinees

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