"The Hans told them: 'Pan is the best of surnames, because the character used to write it (潘) is the only one that combines the elements for water (< img src =" .. / Wordgif / fcc1.GIF "border =" 0 ">), rice (米) and fields (田)."
平埔人接受潘姓，是受到漢人的影響，《一肚皮集》提供一種說法：「漢人給之曰：… …，唯潘字有水有米有田，姓莫如潘宜。」