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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pán (pan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pon³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phàn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pan²

• Eastern Min (BUC): buàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pôaⁿ / poân / phoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): puêng⁵ / puang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶boe

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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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰᵘɔn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: panˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pan²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pan²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: buàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pôaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /puã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poân
    • Tâi-lô: puân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoân
    • Tâi-lô: phuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰuan²⁴/

Note:

• pôaⁿ - vernacular;
• poân/phoân - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: puêng⁵ / puang⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuêng / phuâng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰueŋ⁵⁵/, /pʰuaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶boe
    • MiniDict: boe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³boe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bø²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ban

Rime
Character	磐
Reading #	1/1
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磐
Reading #	1/1
No.	233
Phonetic component	般
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	槃
Old Chinese	/*baːn/

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 used for names)

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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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