pán

tray

Phonosemantic component. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
般 sound component

  Sound component

bānpán

  

sort

木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

wood

Evolution

槃 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
槃 Clerical script Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Clerical script

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
槃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

pán

tray; turn, rotate; search; variant of |; wooden tray