Character: 扳
Modern (Beijing) reading: bān
Preclassic Old Chinese: phrān
Classic Old Chinese: phrān
Western Han Chinese: phrān
Eastern Han Chinese: phrān
Early Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄n
Late Postclassic Chinese: phạ̄n
Middle Chinese: phạn
English meaning : to climb up ( = 攀 q.v.)
Russian meaning[s]: 1) подтащить, подтянуть; 2) завлечь; вызвать (на что-л.); 3) переворачивать рукой; вертеть в руках; 4) крепко ухватить
Comments: Attested since Late Zhou as a substitute for 攀. There is also a later reading (*prān), MC pạn (FQ 布還), mod. bān 'to pull toward oneself'.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 5967
Karlgren code: 0262 m
