頒
bān

confer

To pass out 分 a booklet 頁; 分 also provides the pronunciation

Components

分
分 SoundMeaning component
fēn, fèn, fen divide
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

颁 bān confer Simplified

To pass out 分 a booklet 页; 分 also provides the pronunciation

Components

分
分 SoundMeaning component
fēn, fèn, fen divide
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode