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磐

磐

Translingual

Han character

磐 (radical 112 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹水一口 (HEMR), four-corner 27601, composition ⿱般石)

  1. large rock, boulder
  2. firm

References

  • KangXi: page 834, character 33
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24401
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2448, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+78D0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 磐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (般) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
螌 *praːn
般 *praːn, *paːn, *baːn
媻 *baːl, *baːn
搫 *baːl, *baːn
搬 *paːn
盤 *baːn
磐 *baːn
瘢 *baːn
幋 *baːn
槃 *baːn
縏 *baːn
鎜 *baːn
鞶 *baːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baːn) : phonetic 般 ‎(OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn) + semantic 石 ‎(“stone”) – a massive rock, a boulder.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 磐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buɑn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bwan/
Li
Rong		 /buɑn/
Wang
Li		 /buɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 磐
Reading # 1/1
No. 233
Phonetic
component		 般
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 槃
Old
Chinese		 /*baːn/

Definitions

磐

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Compounds

  • 下磐
  • 堅如磐石／坚如磐石
  • 泰山磐石
  • 磐石 (pánshí)
  • 磐石之固
  • 磐石縣／磐石县
  • 磐礴
  • 落磐 (luòpán)
  • 風雨如磐／风雨如磐

Japanese

Kanji

磐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

磐 • ‎(ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune-Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磐 (bàn)

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