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)

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 [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

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

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

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

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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