畔 pàn river bank
怎么记住“畔”: 田 field + 半 half = river bank. The farmer's field runs down to the water, and half of his cows are always lying in the grass on the river bank.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
畔 = 田 field + 半 half
- 田 field meaning
- 半 half sound
- 丷 horns
- 𰀁 double cross
The farmer's field runs down to the water, and half of his cows are always lying in the grass on the river bank.
How it came to be
The field gives the meaning and the sign for half the sound; the word first meant the boundary of a field.
用法
- The bank/edge (of water or a field): 河畔 (hépàn) riverside, 湖畔 (húpàn) lakeside, 田畔 (tiánpàn) the edge of a field.
- Poetic/literary; often in scenic descriptions. 耳畔 (ěrpàn) means 'at one's ear'.