蟠据

蟠 pán, fán coil

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
番
番 Sound component
fān to take turns

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartba[b]ˤarcurl (v.)
ban[b]ˤarcurl (v.)
Zhengzhangbaːn
ban
Unicodebhɑn

說文解字

鼠婦也。从虫番聲。

Sources

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

据 jù to occupy, according to Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 居 represents the sound. Simplified form of 據.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

居
居 SoundMeaning component
jū live

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangka

說文解字

《說文》：“据，挶也。从手，居聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

據 jù to occupy, according to Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 豦 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

豦
豦 Sound component
jù, qú a wild boar

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjoHk(r)a(k)-s grasp; depend on

說文解字

《說文》：“據，杖持也。从手，豦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)