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潘

“water”

潘 is a surname. It is used in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

Chinese and Japanese and Korean and VietnameseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Han.

Meaning & origin

潘 goes back to a word meaning “water.”

In Japanese usage, 潘 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Han.

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