蟠桃 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pántáo

flat peach

pán, fán coil

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

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

番 Sound component

fān to take turns

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ba	[b]ˤar	curl (v.)
	ban	[b]ˤar	curl (v.)
Zhengzhang		baːn
		ban
Unicode	bhɑn

說文解字

鼠婦也。从虫番聲。

Sources

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

táo peach

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 兆 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

兆 Sound component

zhào omen

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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	daw	C.lˤaw	peach
Zhengzhang		l'aːw
Unicode	dhɑu

說文解字

果也。从木兆聲。

Sources

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