攀

攀 U+6500, 攀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6500 ← 擿 [U+64FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 攁 → [U+6501]

Translingual

Han character

攀 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木木大手 (DDKQ), four-corner 4450₂, composition ⿱樊手)

Derived characters

• 𢺏, 𣡄, 𥜳, 襻, 鑻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 461, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12926
• Dae Jaweon: page 811, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1978, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6500

Chinese

simp. and trad.		攀
2nd round simp.		⿱大手
alternative forms		扳 㐴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
攀	*pʰraːn
襻	*pʰraːns
棥	*ban
礬	*ban
樊	*ban
蠜	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰraːn) : phonetic 樊 (OC *ban) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pān (pan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phân
• Eastern Min (BUC): păng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pan
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan¹
    • Yale: pān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pan
    • Palladius: пань (panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paan¹
    • Yale: pāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phân
    • Hakka Romanization System: pan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: păng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phan
    • Tâi-lô: phan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰan⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phaen

Rime
Character	攀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	普班切
Baxter	phaen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠan/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨn/
Li Rong	/pʰan/
Wang Li	/pʰan/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰˤran/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰraːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	攀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pān
Middle Chinese	‹ phæn ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰˁran/
English	pull oneself up
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	攀
Reading #	1/1
No.	2937
Phonetic component	棥
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	攀
Old Chinese	/*pʰraːn/

Definitions

攀

1. to climb upwards; to clamber
2. to pull; to cling to
3. to seek connections in high places

   攀親戚／攀亲戚  ―  pān qīnqī  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to implicate; to involve
5. a surname: Pan

Synonyms

• (to implicate):

• 事關／事关 (shìguān)
• 涉及 (shèjí)
• 牽扯／牵扯 (qiānchě)
• 牽涉／牵涉 (qiānshè)
• 連帶／连带 (liándài)
• 關乎／关乎 (guānhū)
• 關係／关系
• 關涉／关涉 (guānshè) (literary)
• 關聯／关联 (guānlián)

 

Compounds

• 仰攀
• 供攀
• 夤緣攀附／夤缘攀附
• 巴攀
• 折柳攀花
• 折桂攀蟾
• 指攀
• 接貴攀高／接贵攀高
• 攀下
• 攀今吊古
• 攀今攬古／攀今揽古
• 攀今比昔
• 攀今覽古／攀今览古
• 攀仙桂
• 攀供
• 攀例
• 攀升 (pānshēng)
• 攀山越嶺／攀山越岭
• 攀岩 (pānyán)
• 攀庭檻／攀庭槛
• 攀戀／攀恋
• 攀扯 (pānchě)
• 攀折
• 攀援 (pānyuán)
• 攀握
• 攀枝花 (pānzhīhuā)
• 攀枝運動／攀枝运动
• 攀桂
• 攀桂客
• 攀槓子／攀杠子
• 攀比 (pānbǐ)
• 攀爬 (pānpá)
• 攀留
• 攀登 (pāndēng)
• 攀相好
• 攀石 (pānshí)
• 攀禽類／攀禽类
• 攀緣／攀缘 (pānyuán)
• 攀緣植物／攀缘植物
• 攀緣莖／攀缘茎
• 攀纏／攀缠
• 攀胸
• 攀花折柳
• 攀藤攬葛／攀藤揽葛
• 攀藤附葛
• 攀蘿附木／攀萝附木
• 攀蟾折桂
• 攀親／攀亲 (pānqīn)
• 攀親引戚／攀亲引戚
• 攀親託熟／攀亲托熟
• 攀話／攀话
• 攀談／攀谈 (pāntán)
• 攀越 (pānyuè)
• 攀躋／攀跻
• 攀車拒輪／攀车拒轮
• 攀車臥轍／攀车卧辙
• 攀轅扣馬／攀辕扣马
• 攀轅臥轍／攀辕卧辙
• 攀轅遮道／攀辕遮道
• 攀附 (pānfù)
• 攀陪
• 攀雲／攀云
• 攀高接貴／攀高接贵
• 攀高枝
• 攀高結貴／攀高结贵
• 攀鱗附翼／攀鳞附翼
• 攀龍客／攀龙客
• 攀龍託鳳／攀龙托凤
• 攀龍趨鳳／攀龙趋凤
• 攀龍附驥／攀龙附骥
• 攀龍附鳳／攀龙附凤 (pānlóngfùfèng)
• 敢攀玉趾
• 牽絲攀藤／牵丝攀藤
• 狐媚猿攀
• 登攀 (dēngpān)
• 節節攀高／节节攀高
• 藤攀葛繞／藤攀葛绕
• 附驥攀鴻／附骥攀鸿
• 附鳳攀龍／附凤攀龙
• 高不可攀
• 高攀 (gāopān)
• 高攀不上

 

Japanese

Kanji

攀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はん (han); へん (hen)
• Kun: よじる (yojiru, 攀じる); そる (soru); そらす (sorasu)

Korean

Hanja

攀 • (ban) (hangeul 반)

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Vietnamese

Han character

攀: Hán Nôm readings: phan, phàn

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999