Ideographic: Someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for bàng:

  • - near
  • - approaching
  • - to depend on
  • - (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb
  • - Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]in the evening
  • - when night falls
  • - towards evening
  • - at night fall
  • - at duskto rely on
  • - to depend on
  • - to imitate (a model)
  • - to base a work (on some model)mountains on one side and water on the othertowards noon
  • - around middaydawn
  • - daybreak