Korean Word Entry

Hangul:
Revised Romanization:bang
Definitions:
  1. room

  2. (Seoul shamanism) Attached to deities and rituals to denote a shaman deemed particularly skilled at holding said ritual. [attested since 1745][1][2]


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Chinese characters used in this word

tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room, building, 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
Readings
Mandarin: ㄈㄤˊ (fáng), ㄆㄤˊ (páng)
Cantonese: fong4
Japanese: ボウ (bou)、 ホウ (hou) / ふさ (fusa)、 へや (heya)
Korean: 방 (bang)
Vietnamese: phòng, bàng