yín​yuán​pān​fù

social climbing

yín distant place

Components

Meaning component
evening

night

Sound component
yín 3rd earthly branch

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyin[ɢ[(r)ə[r]small of the back, region of the reins
Zhengzhanglin
Unicodein

說文解字

敬惕也。从夕寅聲。《易》曰:“夕惕若夤。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yuán hem Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
tuàn, shǐ a hog

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

pān climb

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as 𠬜, which depicts two hands facing away from each other, representing the action of climbing.

Components

SoundIconic component
fán, fàn a railing

Depicts two hands (𠬜) climbing over a fence ().

Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphaenpʰˤran pull oneself up

說文解字

《說文》:“,引也。从反廾。,或从手从樊。”

Sources

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

attach, be near

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
hill, place

is a component form of .

Sound component
fù, fu pay, hand over

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjuHN-p(r)oʔ-s be attached to

說文解字

附𡝤,小土山也。从𨸏付聲。《春秋傳》曰:“附𡝤無松栢。”

Sources

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

yuán hem Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
tuàn, shǐ a hog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywenlongo along, follow
Zhengzhanglon
lons
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

衣純也。从糸彖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica