蟠

蟠	U+87E0, 蟠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E0

← 蟟
[U+87DF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蟡 →
[U+87E1]

Translingual

Han character

蟠 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木田 (LIHDW), four-corner 5216₉, composition ⿰虫番)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33591
Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2893, character 6
Unihan data for U+87E0

Chinese

trad.		蟠
simp. ^#		蟠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (番) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
皤	paːl, baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	paːl, paːls, pʰaːn, pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	baːn, ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	pan, ban
轓	pan, pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	pan, ban
藩	pan, ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	pʰan, ban
繙	pʰan, ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *boj (Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with Burmese ဗွေ (bwe, “whorl; cowlick”), Jingpho [script needed] (boi, “to have a cowlick”); Tibetan བལ། (bal, “wool”) is related either to this or 綿 (OC -) ~ 棉 (OC *men, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pán (pan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pán
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pán
  - Wade–Giles: pʻan²
  - Yale: pán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
  - Palladius: пань (panʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pun⁴
  - Yale: pùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: ban

Rime
Character	蟠
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄官切
Baxter	ban
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwan/
Li Rong	/buɑn/
Wang Li	/buɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pun⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤar/

(Zhengzhang): /*baːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蟠	蟠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pán	pán
Middle Chinese	‹ ba ›	‹ ban ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁar/	/*[b]ˁar/
English	curl (v.)	curl (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟠
Reading #	1/2
No.	2879
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	槃
Old Chinese	/*baːn/

Definitions

蟠

(literary) to wind; to coil; to encircle
(literary) to extend everywhere

Compounds

屈蟠
泥蟠
王母蟠桃
虎踞龍蟠 / 虎踞龙蟠
虯蟠 / 虬蟠
蟠夔紋 / 蟠夔纹
蟠曲 (pánqū)
蟠木
蟠桃 (pántáo)
蟠桃會 / 蟠桃会
蟠虯紋 / 蟠虬纹
蟠虺紋 / 蟠虺纹 (pánhuǐwén)
蟠蜿
蟠螭紋 / 蟠螭纹 (pánchīwén)
蟠踞 (pánjù)
蟠采
蟠龍 / 蟠龙 (pánlóng)
蟠龍松 / 蟠龙松
龍蟠虎踞 / 龙蟠虎踞 (lóngpánhǔjù)
龍蟠鳳逸 / 龙蟠凤逸

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fán (fan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fán
  - Wade–Giles: fan²
  - Yale: fán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
  - Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: faan⁴
  - Yale: fàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: bjon

Rime
Character	蟠
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟠
Reading #	2/2
No.	2903
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

蟠

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References

“蟠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

蟠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ばん (ban)、ぼん (bon)
Kan-on: はん (han)
Kun: めぐる (meguru, 蟠る)、わだかまる (wadakamaru, 蟠る)、わらじむし (warajimushi)、つもる (tsumoru)、あつまる (atsumaru)

Compounds

蟠竜(はんりょう) (hanryō)
蟠踞(ばんきょ) (bankyo)
蟠屈(ばんくつ) (bankutsu)
蟠竜湖(ばんりゅうこ) (banryūko)
蟠竜湖県立自然公園(ばんりゅうこけんりつしぜんこうえん) (banryūkokenritsushizenkōen)
蟠車(まいのは) (mainoha)

Korean

Hanja

蟠 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蟠: Hán Nôm readings: bàn

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