闆
bǎnpàn HSK3

shopkeeper, boss

Original meaning: to catch sight of in a doorway

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 品 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
品
品 Sound component
pǐn product

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

板 bǎn plank Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 反 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

𬮳 bǎn, pǎn boss Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode