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pàn
Rank #5955

Definitions

pàn (literary) to melt; to dissolve

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Semantic: 氵 Phonetic: 半

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 半

判 伴 叛 胖 畔 衅 绊 拌 袢 絆 姅 柈 秚 詊

Component: 氵

法 没 海 活 治 清 济 流 深 满 消 注 派 河

Components

半 氵