磐

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firm; stable; rock

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 (semantic, “rock”) + 般 (phonetic, bān)

components: 般石

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 般

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 般 (bān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
般 sound component	bān	sort, manner, kind, class
盘	pán	tray, plate, dish; to examine
搬	bān	to move, to remove, to shift, to transfer
槃	pán	tray; to rotate, to turn; to search
瘢	bān	scar, mole

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
安如磐石	ān rú pán shí	as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses
磐安县	Pán ān Xiàn	Pan'an, a county in Jinhua City 金華市\|金华市[Jin1 hua2 Shi4], Zhejiang
磐石市	Pán shí Shì	Panshi, a county-level city in Jilin City 吉林市[Ji2 lin2 Shi4], Jilin
坚如磐石	jiān rú pán shí	solid as a boulder (idiom); absolutely secure; rock-firm and unyielding
坚若磐石	jiān ruò pán shí	rock-solid
磐安	Pán ān	see 磐安縣\|磐安县[Pan2 an1 Xian4]
磐石	Pán shí	see 磐石市[Pan2 shi2 Shi4]
磐石	pán shí	boulder
涅磐	niè pán	variant of 涅槃[nie4 pan2]