yán​pàn

analyze and judge

yán grind

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Sound component
qiān, jiān hairpin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngen[ŋ]ˤe[r] grind; examine

說文解字

《說文》:“研,也。从石,幵聲。”

Sources

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

pàn judge

Original meaning: cut open

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
bàn half
Meaning component
dāo knife

is a component form of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphanHpʰˤan-s divide

說文解字

《說文》:“判,分也。从刀,半聲。”

Sources

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