pàn

Zhou dynasty school

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

半 sound component

  Sound component

bàn

  

half

Evolution

泮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
泮 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
泮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

pàn

Zhou dynasty school; disperse; fall apart; (literary) to melt; to dissolve

Most common words with 泮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to dissolve

瓦解冰泮

complete disintegration