蟠

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蟠 U+87E0, 蟠
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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)

  1. coil
  2. coiling, curling
  3. occupy

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 (boi, “to have a cowlick”); Tibetan བལ། (bal, “wool”) is related either to this or 綿 (OC -) ~ 棉 (OC *men, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

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
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 		/*ˁar/ /*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. * 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

  1. (literary) to wind; to coil; to encircle
  2. (literary) to extend everywhere

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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
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

Japanese

Kanji

蟠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

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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