pàn

look, gaze

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

分 sound component

  Sound component

fēnfèn

  

divide

Evolution

盼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
盼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

pàn

look, gaze; expect, hope for; to hope for; to long for; to expect

Most common words with 盼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to hope for

期盼

to anticipate

盼望

to hope for

企盼

to expect

盼头

hopes