懂中文 Dong Chinese

蟠

pán

coil

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

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

番 sound component

番  Sound component

fān, pān

  

to take turns

Evolution

蟠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蟠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蟠  

pán

coil; coiling, curling; occupy; to coil

Most common words with 蟠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蟠

to coil

蟠桃

flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach)

蟠龙

coiled dragon

蟠踞

to occupy illegally

虎踞龙蟠

lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain