蟠龙 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

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

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)

lóng dragon Simplified

Pictograph of a dragon curled up. The simplified character 龙 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 龍.

Component uses

Sound (3 of 16 verified)

庞笼垄拢宠胧聋咙陇珑茏泷垅砻眬栊

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

龚珑龛

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

lóng dragon Traditional

Pictograph of a dragon curled up.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljowng	[mə]-roŋ	dragon
	maewng	mˤroŋ	variegated

說文解字

《說文》：“龍，鱗蟲之長。能幽能明，能細能巨，能短能長，春分而登天，秋分而潛淵。从肉，飛之形，童省聲。”

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)

蟠 pán, fán coil

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

龙 lóng dragon Simplified

Component uses

Sound (3 of 16 verified)

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

Sources

龍 lóng dragon Traditional

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (3 of 13 verified)

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

Iconic (1)

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

pán, fán coil

lóng dragon Simplified

lóng dragon Traditional