榜

bǎng
#2,551 most
frequent character
notice or announcement, list of names

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

榜 uses 木 'wood' as the meaning part and 旁 páng for the sound. It first meant 'oar'. The sense 'public list of examinees' was borrowed for sound, and from it came 'notice, announcement'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

榜bǎng
variant of 榜[bang3]

Homophones

绑bǎng
to tie
膀bǎng
upper arm, wing

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