Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Page 425, Entry 05 Pronounced pan. In the dictionary Arakawa (Boya), it means to abandon. In the work Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it is noted that in the Chu region, to abandon something is called ban. Common secular usage is incorrect. Also pronounced pan. Also pronounced pan (rising tone). Also pronounced pan (rising tone). Also pronounced pan. The meaning is the same. Also used interchangeably with the character for divide or cut. It means to separate or slice open. In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Turtle and Yarrow Divination, it describes using tools to open stones and separate clams. The commentary explains this as using tools to open stones to obtain jade, and slicing open clam shells to obtain pearls. Textual research: The original Arakawa (Boya) entry read discard. Following the primary text, the entry has been corrected from discard to ban.