懂中文 Dong Chinese

攀

pān

climb

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 樊 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠬜, which depicts two hands facing away from each other, representing the action of climbing.

Components
樊 sound,iconic component

樊  Sound Iconic component

fán

  

a railing

Depicts two hands (𠬜) climbing over a fence (棥).

手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

Evolution

攀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
攀 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
攀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

攀  

pān

climb; pull; hang on to; to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status

Most common words with 攀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

攀

to implicate

攀升

to clamber up

攀登

to climb

攀比

to emulate

高攀

social climbing

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

襻

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

襻