板
bǎnpàn HSK2

plank

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approved by Peter Olson · Aug 28, 2021, 11:47 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Aug 28, 2021, 11:47 PM

闆 is separate character

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
反
反 Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaenXC.pˤranʔ plank, board
paenXpˤranʔ perverse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica