潘 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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pān

surname

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

番 Sound component

fān, pān

to take turns

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

pān

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

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[PānAn], famous handsome and elegant writer from the Western Jin dynasty