懂中文 Dong Chinese

潘

pān

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

番 sound component

番  Sound component

fān, pān

  

to take turns

Evolution

潘 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
潘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潘 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
潘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

潘  

pān

surname; water in which rice has been rinsed; a river that flows into the Han

潘  

Pān

surname Pan; Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes

Most common words with 潘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

潘

surname Pan

潘基文

Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general from 2006

潘多拉

Pandora

潘金莲

Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅

潘岳

Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pān​An], famous handsome and elegant writer from the Western Jin dynasty

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

藩