𠬜
pān

to climb

Depicts two hands facing away from each other, representing the action of climbing. Original form of 攀.

Components

又
又 Iconic component
yòu hand
𠂇
𠂇 Iconic component
zuǒ left hand

Used here to depict a reversed hand.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠂇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Iconic (2)

冥樊

說文解字

《說文》：“，引也。从反廾。，或从手从樊。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.203漢語多功能字庫zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)