# 盤古
## Chinese

* 盤古 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 盤古 (Cantonese)
* Phàn-kú (Hakka)
* 盤古 (Wu)
* 盤古 (Classical)
* Pangu (English)

### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is it related to 槃瓠 (Pánhù)?”

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Pángǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pun$^4$ gu$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Phàn-kú
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Phoân-kó͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Pángǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Pángǔ
*** Wade–Giles: Pʻan$^2$-ku$^3$
*** Yale: Pán-gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Parnguu
*** Palladius: Паньгу (Panʹgu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰän³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pun$^4$ gu$^2$
*** Yale: pùhn gú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pun$^4$ gu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pun$^4$ gu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːn²¹ kuː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Phàn-kú
*** Hakka Romanization System: pan$^ˇ$ gu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pan$^2$ gu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰan¹¹ ku³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phoân-kó͘
*** Tâi-lô: Phuân-kóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoankor
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰuan²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuan¹³⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰuan²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: ban kuX
Rime :
| Character | 盤 | 古 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 薄官切 | 公戸切 |
| Baxter | ban | kuX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buɑn/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɑn/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑn/ | /ko$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwan/ | /kɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑn/ | /ko$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑn/ | /ku$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuɑn/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pán | gǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pun$^4$ | gu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤan kˤaʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːn kaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 盤 | 古 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pán | gǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ban › | ‹ ku$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁan/ | /*kˁaʔ/ |
| English | tray, basin | ancient |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 盤 | 古 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 232 | 4219 |
| Phonetic component | 般 | 古 |
| Rime group | 元 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 槃 | 古 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːn/ | /*kaːʔ/ |
| Notes | 籀文槃 | |

### Proper noun

盤古
* (Chinese mythology) Pangu

#### Derived terms

* 盤古壋／盘古垱 (Pángǔdàng)
* 盤古大陸／盘古大陆 (Pángǔ Dàlù, “Pangaea”)

#### See also

* 黃帝／黄帝 (Huángdì)
* 三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)
* 堯舜／尧舜 (Yáo-Shùn)
* 盤瓠／盘瓠 (Pánhù)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 盤 | 古 |
| ばん Grade: S | こ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bã̠ŋko̞]

### Proper noun

盤(ばん)古(こ) • (Banko)
* (Chinese mythology) Pangu

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 盤 | 古 |

### Proper noun

盤古 • (Ban'go) (hangeul 반고)
* hanja form of 반고 (“(Chinese mythology) Pangu”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 盤 | 古 |

### Proper noun

盤古
* chữ Hán form of Bàn Cổ (“(Chinese mythology) Pangu”).