(bāng): (bound form) country, nation, state

(bāng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) country.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #1355 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, a bountiful 丰 place 阝. Its radical form (mound) appears in many related characters such as (, (specifier) that), (dōu, all), (yuàn, courtyard).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (bound form) country
  2. nation
  3. state

Etymology & Origin

ideographicA bountiful 丰 place 阝

Decomposition: ⿰丰阝 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
lián bāngfederal
bāng déBond (name)
wū tuō bāng(loanword) utopia
xiāo bāngFrédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
bāng díBondi (name)
dù bāngDuPont (company)
bāng liánconfederation
yìng bāng bāngvery hard
lín bāngneighboring country
xiāo bāng(Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
běi fāng bāngUttar Pradesh (state in India)
ào dà lì yà lián bāngCommonwealth of Australia
yǒu bāngfriendly state
kā lā lā bāngKerala (state in India)
lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāngRajasthan (state in India)
71
Total compounds
8
As first character
61
As last character
31
As middle character

appears in 71 compound words: 8 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 31 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

lián
0.683244,647 co-occurrences
shū
0.4642,856 co-occurrences
耀yào
0.4227,560 co-occurrences
0.41948,545 co-occurrences
0.41225,554 co-occurrences
liú
0.39810,476 co-occurrences
xiào
0.3974,380 co-occurrences
tuō
0.38813,481 co-occurrences
diàn
0.3823,396 co-occurrences
xiàn
0.3804,458 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (6)

ānbāngdìngguóHSK 7+

to bring peace and stability to a country

phrase
duōnànxīngbāngHSK 7+

the numerous disasters may bring the people of a country together to revive the country

phrase
Gǔ'ěrbāngjiéHSK 7+

Eid al-Adha

LiánbāngdéguóHSK 7+

West Germany; Federal Republic of Germany

liánbāng zhèngfǔHSK 7+

federal government

noun
miǎn diàn lián bāngHSK 7+

Union of Myanmar, official name of Burma 1998-2010

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le bāng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "邦" in the dictionary.

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fù bāng jīn kòng lián xù 1 0 nián rù xuǎn biāo pǔ quán qiú yǒng xù nián jiàn 2 0 . . .

Fubon Financial Holdings has been selected for the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook for 10 consecutive years 20...

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电抱紧!投信一出手就连2日霸榜 3天涨1...

huá bāng diàn bào jǐn ! tóu xìn yī chū shǒu jiù lián 2 rì bà bǎng 3 tiān zhǎng 1 . . .

Winbond holds tight! As soon as the investment trust made a move, it dominated the list for 2 consecutive days and rose by 1 in 3 days...

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zhōng zhí lā lā duì zhàn huǒ zài shēng jí ! pǔ xīng 垠 chuán jiā méng fù bāng xié lǐ zhū 珢

The war between secondary vocational schools/cheerleaders has escalated again! Park Xingyin is rumored to join Fubon with Li Zhujun

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lián bāng kuài dì qǐ sù měi guó zhèng fǔ yāo qiú quán é tuì hái chuān pǔ jǐn jí guān . . .

FedEx sues the U.S. government for a full refund of Trump's emergency detention...

Tatoeba

握着我的手。我们两个将要建立一个乌托

Wò zhe wǒ de shǒu. wǒmen liǎng gè jiāngyào jiànlì yī gè wūtuōbāng.

Take my hand. The two of us are going to construct a utopia.

Tatoeba

德意志联共和国建立于1949年。

Déyìzhì Liánbāng Gònghéguó jiànlì yú 1949 nián.

The Federal Republic of Germany was established in 1949.

Tatoeba

给我弹一曲肖

Gěi wǒ tán yī qǔ Xiāobāng.

Play Chopin for me.

Tatoeba

这是本反乌托作品。

Zhè shì běn fǎn wūtuōbāng zuòpǐn.

It's a dystopia.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced bāng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 邦 (bāng) mean in Chinese?
邦 (bāng) primarily means "(bound form) country." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1355 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 邦 have?
邦 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 邦?
The radical associated with 邦 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are the components of 邦?
邦 is composed of: 丰 (structural), 阝 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰丰阝 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 邦?
Common words with 邦 include: 联邦 (lián bāng, "federal"); 邦德 (bāng dé, "Bond (name)"); 乌托邦 (wū tuō bāng, "(loanword) utopia"); 肖邦 (xiāo bāng, "Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer"); 邦迪 (bāng dí, "Bondi (name)"). There are over 71 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 邦 (bāng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation bāng: 帮 (to help), 绑 (to tie), 榜 (notice or announcement), 膀 (upper arm), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 邦 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 邦 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.