畔
pàn HSK7

boundary path dividing fields

A farm 田 divided in half 半; 半 also provides the pronunciation

Components

田
田 Meaning component
tián field
半
半 SoundMeaning component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-SagartbanHm-pʰˤan-sbank between fields
Zhengzhangbaːns
Unicodebhɑ̀n

說文解字

田界也。从田半聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)