bān

confer

To pass out  a booklet  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
fēn, fèn, fen divide
Meaning component
(head), page

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpænpˤ<r>ə[n] (MC F!)distribute
Zhengzhangpraːn
bɯn

說文解字

大頭也。从頁分聲。一曰鬢也。《詩》曰:“有頒其首。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

bān confer Simplified

To pass out  a booklet  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
fēn, fèn, fen divide
Meaning component
page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode