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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)
- coil
- coiling, curling
- 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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 皤
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*paːl, *baːl
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| 嶓
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*paːl
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| 番
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*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban
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| 播
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*paːls
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| 譒
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*paːls
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| 鄱
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*baːl
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| 潘
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*pʰaːn
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| 蟠
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*baːn, *ban
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| 磻
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*baːn
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| 蕃
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*pan, *ban
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| 轓
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*pan, *pʰan
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| 鱕
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*pan
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| 鐇
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*pan, *ban
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| 藩
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*pan, *ban
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| 籓
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*pan
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| 橎
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*panʔ
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| 翻
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*pʰan
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| 幡
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*pʰan
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| 飜
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*pʰan
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| 旛
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*pʰan, *ban
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| 繙
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*pʰan, *ban
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| 燔
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*ban
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| 蹯
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*ban
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| 膰
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*ban
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| 羳
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*ban
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| 鷭
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*ban
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| 璠
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*ban
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| 襎
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*ban
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| 墦
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*ban
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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
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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蟠
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蟠
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pán
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pán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ba ›
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‹ ban ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁar/
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/*ˁar/
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| English
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curl (v.)
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curl (v.)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蟠
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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2879
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Phonetic
component
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番
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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槃
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Old
Chinese
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/*baːn/
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Definitions
蟠
- (literary) to wind; to coil; to encircle
- (literary) to extend everywhere
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蟠
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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2903
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Phonetic
component
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番
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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煩
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Old
Chinese
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/*ban/
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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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