磐

磐 U+78D0, 磐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78D0 ← 磏 [U+78CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 磑 → [U+78D1]

Translingual

Han character

磐 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹水一口 (HEMR), four-corner 2760₁, composition ⿱般石)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24401
• Dae Jaweon: page 1252, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2448, character 4
• Unihan data for U+78D0

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Chinese

trad.		磐
simp. #		磐
alternative forms		䃑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
螌	*praːn
般	*praːn, *paːn, *baːn
媻	*baːl, *baːn
搫	*baːl, *baːn
搬	*paːn
盤	*baːn
磐	*baːn
瘢	*baːn
幋	*baːn
槃	*baːn
縏	*baːn
鎜	*baːn
鞶	*baːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːn) : phonetic 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn) + semantic 石 (“stone”).

Etymology

“large rock”

Cognate with 般 (OC *baːn, “large”), 鞶 (OC *baːn, “large belt”), 幋 (OC *baːn, “large scarf”) (Wang, 1982).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 磐

1. large rock; boulder
2. stable; firm
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 盤／盘 (pán, “to linger; to not move away”).

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Japanese

Kanji

磐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): はん (han); ばん (ban)
• Kun: いわ (iwa, 磐)
• Nanori: いわお (iwao)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

磐: Hán Nôm readings: bàn

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