qǐ​pàn

long for

plan a project, stand on tiptoe

Depicts a person () standing on their feet ().

Components

Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjieXkʰeʔ stand on tiptoe
khjieHkʰeʔ-s stand on tiptoe

說文解字

《說文》:“企,舉踵也。从人,止聲。,古文企从足。”

Sources

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

pàn look, gaze

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
fēn, fèn, fen divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰrɯːns
Unicodepɛ̀n

說文解字

《說文》:“盼,《詩》曰:‘美目盼兮。’从目,分聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica