Character: 扮
Modern (Beijing) reading: bàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: pǝnʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pǝ́n
Western Han Chinese: pǝ́n
Eastern Han Chinese: pwǝ́n
Early Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ́n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ́n
Late Postclassic Chinese: pwɨ́n
Middle Chinese: pǘn
English meaning : to grasp, hold
Russian meaning[s]: 1) одеваться (для сцены); наряжаться, переряжаться (кем-л.); играть роль, выступать в роли; 2) соединять, смешивать; сдабривать (напр. специями)
Comments: Attested since Late Zhou (also read in this meaning as *bǝnʔ, MC bǘn (FQ 房吻) and *pǝn (FQ 府文)). Later (since Tang) used exclusively for a word *prǝ̄n-s, MC pạ̈̀n (FQ 晡幻) 'to change (dresses), act, impersonate'.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 4195
Karlgren code: 0471 l
