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

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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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *boy (Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with Burmese [script needed] (bhwe, “curl in animal hair”), 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 / faan⁴

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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 / faan⁴
    • Yale: pùhn / fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴ / faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴ / fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹/, /faːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon, ban

Rime
Character	蟠	蟠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	附袁切	薄官切
Baxter	bjon	ban
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/	/buɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/	/bʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/	/buɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/	/bwan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/	/buɑn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/	/buɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/	/bʱuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán	pán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4	pun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːn/, /*ban/

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	蟠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2879	2903
Phonetic component	番	番
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	槃	煩
Old Chinese	/*baːn/	/*ban/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

蟠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ばん (ban)、ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: 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)

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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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