蟠

蟠 · pán

coil; coiling, curling; occupy

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pán
Cantonese
pun4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

coil; coiling, curling; occupy

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟠 pán · to coil

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42893.060:pán,fán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0851.100:pán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
275.090:pán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
pán粵pun4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハン バン ボン ハ バ わだかまる わらじむし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
반:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
附袁 薄官 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIHDW Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5216.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1097.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
114.22 126.45 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0195o Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87E0
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6337

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
蟠
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
bjon · 附袁 · 山合三平元並 · #471
Middle Chinese
ban · 薄官 · 山合一平桓並 · #535

PHONO-ML, source line 4015; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1197.603
kCowles
3555
kDaeJaweon
1561.300
kFennIndex
382.06
kGSR
0195o
kHanYu
42893.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1561.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42893.060
kIRGKangXi
1097.070
kKangXi
1097.070
kKarlgren
22
kLau
2572
kMatthews
4909
kMeyerWempe
459d 2502
kMorohashi
33591
kNelson
4189
kSBGY
114.22 126.45
kSMSZD2003Index
621.07
kCangjie
LIHDW
kFenn
811I
kFourCornerCode
5216.9
kMojiJoho
MJ023722
kPhonetic
338
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7334
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2CF
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A36
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DCFE
kIRG_KSource
K0-5A76
kIRG_TSource
T1-773A
kRSUnicode
142.12
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C2CF
kCCCII
232C47
kCNS1986
1-773A
kCNS1992
1-773A
kEACC
232C47
kGB0
8320
kGB1
8320
kJis0
7422
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5847
kTGH
2013:6337
kTaiwanTelegraph
5847
kXerox
270:173
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6555+142.6.12
kCantonese
pun4
kDefinition
coil; coiling, curling; occupy
kFanqie
附袁 薄官
kHangul
반:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42893.060:pán,fán
kJapanese
ハン バン ボン ハ バ わだかまる わらじむし
kJapaneseKun
WARAJIMUSHI TSUMORU ATSUMARU
kJapaneseOn
HAN BON BAN
kKorean
PAN
kMandarin
pán
kSMSZD2003Readings
pán粵pun4
kTGHZ2013
275.090:pán
kTang
bhɑn
kXHC1983
0851.100:pán

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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11dictionary records using 蟠0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 番 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫番$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫番$(GHTJKP)

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