pàn

risk

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
biàn, pán conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːn
brons
pʰaːn
puns

說文解字

拊手也。从手弁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica