懂中文 Dong Chinese

胖

pàng, pán

fat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 半 represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

半 sound component

半  Sound component

bàn

  

half

Evolution

胖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
胖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

胖  

pàng

fat, obese; fatty; fat; plump

胖  

pán

healthy; at ease

Most common words with 胖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

胖

fat

胖子

fatty

肥胖

fat

发胖

to get fat

矮胖

dumpy