𠬜
pān

to climb

← Back to history
approved by Prismcool · Dec 4, 2023, 06:09 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 4, 2023, 06:09 AM

Added etymology

Changed fields: gloss, hint, isVerified, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Depicts two hands facing away from each other, representing the action of climbing. Original form of 攀.

Components

又
又 Iconic component
𠂇
𠂇 Iconic component

Used here to depict a reversed hand.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠂇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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

說文解字

《說文》：“，引也。从反廾。，或从手从樊。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.203漢語多功能字庫zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)