Chinese Characters

棒

PINYIN

bàng

Main meanings:

①stick; staff.

②strong, excellent; good.

Elements ---- A piece of wood 木 + offer with respect奉. Phonetic series 奉.

A person holding a wooden木stick is respected奉; he is also considered strong, and later good.

Main Words:

①stick, staff.

棍棒gùnbàng club.
棒球 bàngqiú baseball.

②good; strong.

真棒 zhēn bang It's really great!

Discussion and sources

Though most of the scholars think this is a picto- phonetic character, I consider that the 奉 feng component inside it has also semantic value. .