bǎn HSK5

printing block, edition

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
piàn, piān slice
Sound component
fǎn reverse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpraːnʔ
Unicodebǎn

說文解字

《說文》:“版,判也。从片,反聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica