蟠
pán

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)