梆 (bāng) is a Chinese character meaning “a wooden clapper or hollow wooden block struck to keep time”. It is written from 木 (tree; wood) and 邦 (state; nation), side by side, and takes 10 strokes.
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Structure
木 + 邦
Left–right structure
Structure from: modern glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data stroke geometry (10 strokes = 木 4 + 邦 6); radical 木 from Unicode CJKRadicals
Memory aid
Wood (木) on the left, 邦 (bāng) on the right giving the sound — bāng. Knock two pieces of wood together: bāng! A wooden clapper.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
10 strokes
In real words
- 梆子bāng ziwooden clapper (percussion instrument); bangzi opera梆 = bāng
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All readings
wooden clapper
a wooden clapper or hollow wooden block struck to keep time or sound the night watch
打更或打拍子用的空心木器或木块。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 梆子bāng ziwooden clapper (percussion instrument); bangzi opera梆 = bāng
Sound component
邦 family exact
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 梆 mean?
梆 (bāng) means a wooden clapper or hollow wooden block struck to keep time or sound the night watch.
How do you pronounce 梆?
It is pronounced bāng.
What parts is 梆 made of?
木 (tree; wood) and 邦 (state; nation), side by side. The recorded source is: modern glyph decomposition verified against hanzi-writer-data stroke geometry (10 strokes = 木 4 + 邦 6); radical 木 from Unicode CJKRadicals. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 梆 have?
10. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 梆?
木. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 梆?
Common ones are 梆子. The reading of 梆 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.