泮
pàn

Zhou dynasty school

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

半
半 Sound component
bàn half

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːns

說文解字

諸矦鄉射之宮，西南爲水，東北爲牆。从水从半，半亦聲。

Sources

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