胖

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fat; plump

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 半 sound ( bàn )

Components ⺼半

fat · Heisig RSH #982

flesh + 半 half

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一口吃不成胖子	yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi	lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. any significant achievement…
一口吃个胖子	yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi	lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. to try to achieve one's goa…
心广体胖	xīn guǎng tǐ pán	big-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easygoing
胖大海	pàng dà hǎi	malva nut; seed of Sterculia lychnophora
胖头鱼	pàng tóu yú	see 鱅魚\|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]
心宽体胖	xīn kuān tǐ pán	big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing
打肿脸充胖子	dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi	lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by…
病态肥胖	bìng tài féi pàng	morbidly obese (medicine)
胖子	pàng zi	fat person; fatty
胖人	pàng rén	overweight person; fatty
发胖	fā pàng	to put on weight; to get fat
长胖	zhǎng pàng	to get fat; to gain weight
肥胖症	féi pàng zhèng	obesity
微胖	wēi pàng	slightly chubby; stoutish
小胖爪	xiǎo pàng zhuǎ	(coll.) hand
胖次	pàng cì	(Internet slang) panties (loanword)
暴胖	bào pàng	to gain weight dramatically
高矮胖瘦	gāo ǎi pàng shòu	one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature
说你胖你就喘	shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎn	lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom); fi…
肥胖	féi pàng	fat; obese

Characters sharing the sound component 半 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
半 sound part	bàn	half; semi-, incomplete
判	pàn	to judge; to discriminate; to conclude
伴	bàn	companion, comrade, partner; to accompany
叛	pàn	rebel; rebellion; rebellious
拌	bàn	to mix
绊	bàn	a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip
衅	xìn	to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice
泮	pàn	Zhou dynasty school; to disperse, to fall apart
袢	pàn	robe