棒

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stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “wood” + 奉 sound ( fèng )

Components 木奉

cudgel · Heisig RSH #1233

木 tree + 奉 proffer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
棒子面儿	bàng zi miàn r	erhua variant of 棒子麵\|棒子面[bang4 zi5 mian4]
棒子国	Bàng zi guó	(derog.) Korea, esp. South Korea
棒子面	bàng zi miàn	maize cornflour; corn mush; polenta
高丽棒子	Gāo lí bàng zi	Korean (derog.)
接棒人	jiē bàng rén	successor
电视棒	diàn shì bàng	TV streaming stick
接力棒	jiē lì bàng	relay baton; (fig.) responsibilities (passed over to one's successor)
一级棒	yī jí bàng	first-rate; excellent (loanword from Japanese 一番, ichiban)
计量棒	jì liàng bàng	measuring rod; dipstick
棒子	bàng zi	stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn); ear of maize; corncob; (derog.) Korean
大棒	dà bàng	big stick (policy etc)
棒国	Bàng guó	(derog.) Korea
电棒	diàn bàng	(coll.) flashlight; (Tw) stun baton; (Tw) hair iron; hair tongs
电击棒	diàn jī bàng	stun baton
牙线棒	yá xiàn bàng	floss pick
玉米棒	yù mǐ bàng	corn cob
鲁棒性	lǔ bàng xìng	robustness
棒旋星系	bàng xuán xīng xì	barred spiral galaxy
东一榔头西一棒子	dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi	banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
棒球	bàng qiú	baseball; CL:個\|个[ge4],隻\|只[zhi1]

Characters sharing the sound component 奉 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
奉 sound part	fèng	to offer, to respect, to server; to receive
埲	běng	dust storm
唪	fěng	to recite, to intone, to chant