幡

幡

幡 U+5E61, 幡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E61 ← 幠 [U+5E60] CJK Unified Ideographs 幢 → [U+5E62]

Translingual

Han character

幡 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月竹木田 (LBHDW), four-corner 4226₉, composition ⿰巾番)

1. pennant, banner, streamer, flag

Derived characters

• 𥶋

References

• KangXi: page 336, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9086
• Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 754, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5E61

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Chinese

trad.		幡
simp. #		幡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (番) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皤	*paːl, *baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	*baːn, *ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	*pan, *ban
轓	*pan, *pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	*pan, *ban
藩	*pan, *ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	*pʰan, *ban
繙	*pʰan, *ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fān (fan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹

• Min Nan (POJ): hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fan
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹
    • Yale: fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
    • Tâi-lô: huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʰʉɐn/

Rime
Character	幡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	孚袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuan/
Li Rong	/pʰiuɐn/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幡
Reading #	1/1
No.	2890
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飜
Old Chinese	/*pʰan/

Definitions

幡

1. to flip or turn over
2. banner

Compounds

三幡 八幡 (Bāfān) 幡信 幡布 幡幡 幡然 (fānrán) 幡然悔悟 幢幡

引路幡 打幡 白幡 白虎幡 素幡 中幡會／中幡会 幡兒／幡儿

幡幟／幡帜 幡蓋／幡盖 揚幡招魂／扬幡招魂 揚幡擂鼓／扬幡擂鼓 紙幡兒／纸幡儿 經幡／经幡 (jīngfān) 靈頭幡／灵头幡

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Japanese

Kanji

幡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. flag, banner

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: はた (hata, 幡); わた (wata, 幡)
• Nanori: まん (man)

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Korean

Hanja

幡 (eum 번 (beon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

幡: Hán Nôm readings: phan

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