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pán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pán | pan2
English translation
boulder, large rock; firm, stable

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About pán

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

pán

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

rock

Etymology of pán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

般石

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

bān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and bān represents the sound.

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Words with pán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pán firm pán
磐石 Pán shí Panshi county level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林 Jí lín , Jilin province磐石 Pán shí
坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí rock-firm and unyielding堅如磐石
磐安 Pán ān Pan'an county in Jinhua 金華|金华 Jīn huá [Jīn​huá], Zhejiang磐安 Pán ān
磐石市 Pán shí shì Panshi county level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林 Jí lín , Jilin province磐石市 Pán shí shì
磐安县 Pán ān xiàn Pan'an county in Jinhua 金華|金华 Jīn huá [Jīn​huá], Zhejiang磐安縣
安如磐石 ān rú pán shí as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses安如磐石 ān rú pán shí
磐石县 Pán shí xiàn Panshi county in Jilin磐石縣

pán Decomposition & Compounds

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