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泮

pàn

Character

What 泮 means

1. literaryto melt
2. to dissolve

Words containing 泮

• 地西泮dì xī pàndiazepam (loanword); Valium
• 劳拉西泮láo lā xī pànlorazepam
• 瓦解冰泮wǎ jiě bīng pàncomplete disintegration

Characters built on 半

These share the phonetic component 半 (bàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 判pàn(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 畔pàn(bound form) side; edge; boundary
• 拌bànto mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 袢pànused in 袷袢; variant of 襻

Characters that look like 泮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 拜bàito bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings…
• 俘fúto take prisoner; prisoner of war
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷
• 沛pèicopious; abundant
• 沣fēngrainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水

Sounds the same

Read pàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 判(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 盼to hope for; to long for; to expect
• 叛to betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 畔(bound form) side; edge; boundary
• 拚to strive for; to struggle; to disregard
• 板to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
• 袢used in 袷袢; variant of 襻
• 襻button loop; sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc)…
• 詊pleasing; clever talk
• 鋬(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
• 頖disperse