This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

Flesh ⺼ beside 旁 the body; 旁 also provides the pronunciation

  • 膀 shoulder, upper arm, wing bǎng
    • 月 moon; month yuè
    • 旁 side; beside, close, nearby páng
      • 六 six liù
        • 亠 lid, cover; head tóu
        • 八 eight; all around, all sides bā
      • 方 square, rectangle; side; region; flag fāng

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