Pinyin "pan2"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "pan2" is split up into two parts: "p" and "an2". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "p"

P is for Pinocchio.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an2"

In the anthill's kitchen.

Characters pronounced pan2

爿

pán = p + an2

classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)

爿 = 丩 + 丆 : Mnemonic symbol: log of wood.

Just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2) Pinocchio (p) sees a pile of wood logs (爿) beneath a wind wheel (丆). Thinking that it was the wind wheel which chopped the wood, feeling personally threatened, he attacks the wind wheel with a roast fork (丩).

般

pán = p + an2

see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]

胖

pán = p + an2

healthy / at ease

盘

盤

pán = p + an2

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

盘 = 皿 + 舟 : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.

磐

pán = p + an2

firm / stable / rock

槃

pán = p + an2

variant of 盤|盘 / wooden tray

蟠

pán = p + an2

to coil

湴

pán = p + an2

to wade through water or mud