pán / bān /
phrase #1,746

Meanings

  1. 1 used only in 般乐

Examples

古语般乐玩乐意思
Gǔyǔ " pánlè " shì wánlè de yìsi.
The classical word 般乐 means to amuse oneself.
Mèngzǐ pīpíng zhǐ gù pánlè, bù gù bǎixìng de jūnzhǔ.
Mencius criticized rulers who only amuse themselves and forget the people.

Tips

register
Classical-only reading, kept alive by a single phrase: 般乐 ('to amuse oneself, to revel'). It shows up almost exclusively in pre-modern texts like the Mencius. Modern Mandarin readers will not meet this pán reading outside classical literature.

Components

radical
zhōu
boat
Left indexing radical (boat) — pictograph of a hull with planks. Original meant to turn or convey by boat, which is why (to move/transport) added the hand radical. Same boat radical drives , , .
semantic
shū
halberd; pole-weapon
Right side depicts a hand wielding a long pole. In it pictures the punting pole that turns the boat — boat + pole originally meant 'rotate, convey'. The abstract senses ('this kind, that kind') developed later via 'one rotation = one round = one type'.

Stroke Order

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