潘 (pān): Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes
潘 (pān) is a Chinese character meaning “pan, faun in greek mythology, son of hermes.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 番 (phonetic). It ranks #2037 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 潘 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 潘多拉 | pān duō lā | Pandora |
| 彼得潘 | bǐ dé pān | Peter Pan, the novel character |
| 潘安 | pān ān | see 潘岳[Pan1 Yue4] |
| 斯捷潘 | sī jié pān | Stepan or Stefan (name) |
| 潘婷 | pān tíng | Pantene (hair products brand) |
| 潘太克斯 | pān tài kè sī | Pentax (brand name) |
| 德维尔潘 | dé wéi ěr pān | (Dominique) de Villepin (French name) |
| 圣潘克勒斯站 | shèng pān kè lēi sī zhàn | Saint Pancras (London railway station) |
| 潘基文 | pān jī wén | Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016 |
| 潘集区 | pān jí qū | Panji, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 潘塔纳尔 | pān tǎ nà ěr | Pantanal (wetland area in Brazil) |
| 潘多拉魔盒 | pān duō lā mó hé | a Pandora's box |
| 贝尔莫潘 | bèi ěr mò pān | Belmopan, capital of Belize |
| 貌若潘安 | mào ruò pān ān | to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安[Pan1 An1] (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome) |
| 潘通 | pān tōng | Pantone color system |
潘 appears in 23 compound words: 65 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 潘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这条潘流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo pān liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
The Pan River flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmlands along its banks.
辛潘为撑乌克兰放弃奥斯卡盛典 获泽连斯基亲撰...
xīn pān wéi chēng wū kè lán fàng qì ào sī kǎ shèng diǎn huò zé lián sī jī qīn zhuàn . . .
Xin Pan skips the Oscars to show support for Ukraine and receives a handwritten note from Zelensky...
侯怡君主持、李翊君潘越云热唱 南投灯会民歌年代风华夜座无虚席
侯 yí jūn zhǔ chí , lǐ 翊 jūn pān yuè yún rè chàng nán tóu dēng huì mín gē nián dài fēng huá yè zuò wú xū xí
Hosted by Hou Yijun, Li Yijun and Pan Yueyun sang the Nantou Lantern Festival Folk Song Era Fenghua Night was full
...琼姿餐厅卷入高金素梅涉贪案 昔“车内密会潘若迪”险被离婚
. . . 琼 zī cān tīng juǎn rù gāo jīn sù méi shè tān àn xī chē nèi mì huì pān ruò dí xiǎn bèi lí hūn
... Qiongzi Restaurant was involved in Gao Jin Sumei's corruption case, and the former "secret meeting Pan Ruodi in the car" was almost divorced
爆潘孟安免费住豪宅供养王鸿薇要赔50万 最高...
bào pān mèng ān miǎn fèi zhù háo zhái gōng yǎng wáng 鸿 薇 yāo péi 5 0 wàn zuì gāo . . .
Explosive Pan Meng'an lives in a mansion for free to support Wang Hongwei to pay 500,000 yuan The highest...
蓝白要质询总统!潘孟安最速件函文立院
lán bái yāo zhì xún zǒng tǒng ! pān mèng ān zuì sù jiàn hán wén lì yuàn
Blue and white want to question the president! Pan Meng'an's fastest letter to the Legislative Yuan
你蔑视了目睹你罪行的仙女们，也蔑视了我を这位强大的潘神。
Nǐ mièshì le mùdǔ nǐ zuìxíng de xiānnǚ men, yě mièshì le wǒ を zhèwèi qiángdà de Pān shén.
You scorned both the Nymphs, who beheld your deeds, and me the mighty Pan.
Character Family
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