蕃

See also: 番

蕃	U+8543, 蕃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8543

← 蕂
[U+8542]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕄 →
[U+8544]

Translingual

Han character

蕃 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木田 (THDW), four-corner 4460₉, composition ⿱艹番)

Derived characters

𪿾, 𧂵

References

KangXi: page 1056, character 33
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31906
Dae Jaweon: page 1519, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3293, character 13
Unihan data for U+8543

Chinese

trad.		蕃
simp. ^#		蕃

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pan, *ban) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban).

Etymology 1

The same word as 繁 (OC *ban). Cognate with Tibetan དཔལ (dpal, “glory; splendor; abundance; magnificence”) (Unger, 1986).Compare with Burmese ဖြင် (hprang, “abundant, bountiful”) and Burmese ဖြိုင် (hpruing, “profused, abundant”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fán (fan²)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fán
  - Wade–Giles: fan²
  - Yale: fán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
  - Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴
  - Yale: fàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
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/

Middle Chinese: /bʉɐn/

Rime
Character	蕃
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ar/
(Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕃
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fán
Middle Chinese	‹ bjon ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ar/
English	luxuriant (growth)
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	蕃
Reading #	2/2
No.	2896
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/

Definitions

蕃

(literary) luxuriant; lush
(literary) abundant; numerous
- 水陸草木之花，可愛者甚蕃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  水陆草木之花，可爱者甚蕃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 周敦頤 (Zhou Dunyi) (1017-1073), 愛蓮說
  Shuǐlù cǎomù zhī huā, kě'ài zhě shèn fán. [Pinyin]
  Of all the flora across land and water, there are plenty to adore.
(literary) to breed; to multiply; to proliferate

Compounds

生息蕃庶
蕃坊
蕃庶
蕃息 (fánxī)
蕃昌 (fánchāng)
蕃殖

蕃滋
蕃熟 (fánshú)
蕃育
蕃衍
阜蕃
蕃孌／蕃娈

蕃廡／蕃庑
蕃蕪／蕃芜
蕃衍不絕／蕃衍不绝
陳蕃一室／陈蕃一室
陳蕃下榻／陈蕃下榻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fān, fán
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ, ㄈㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hoan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fan
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹
  - Yale: fān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan
  - Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fán
  - Wade–Giles: fan²
  - Yale: fán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
  - Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan⁴
  - Yale: fàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan
  - Tâi-lô: huan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /pʉɐn/

Rime
Character	蕃
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫煩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puan/
Li Rong	/piuɐn/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*par/
(Zhengzhang): /*pan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕃
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fān
Middle Chinese	‹ pjon ›
Old Chinese	/*par/
English	hedge, screen, fence
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	蕃
Reading #	1/2
No.	2881
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	蕃
Old Chinese	/*pan/

Definitions

蕃

Alternative form of 藩 (fān, “to shield; to protect”).

Compounds

蕃侯

蕃籬之鷃／蕃篱之𮭨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fān (fan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹

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/

Definitions

蕃

Alternative form of 番 (fān, “foreign”).

Compounds

蕃帽

蕃舶

蕃薯 (Fānshǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bō, fān (bo¹, fan¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄈㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bo³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland China)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bo
  - Wade–Giles: po¹
  - Yale: bwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - 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: bo³
  - Yale: bo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː³³/

Definitions

蕃

Only used in 吐蕃 (Tǔbō, “(historical) Tibet”) and 土蕃 (“(historical) Tibet”).

Compounds

吐蕃 (Tǔbō)

土蕃

Japanese

Kanji

蕃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

grow thick and full (of plant growth)
multiply, increase

Readings

Go-on: ほん (hon); ぼん (bon)
Kan-on: はん (han)
Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
Kun: しげる (shigeru, 蕃る); まがき (magaki, 蕃)
Nanori: しく (shiku); しげ (shige); しげり (shigeri); ば (ba); ふさ (fusa); みつ (mitsu); もり (mori)

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 蕃 is mostly replaced by 繁, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 蕃 replaced by daiyōji 繁

繁殖

In modern Japanese, 蕃 is mostly replaced by 蛮, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 蕃 replaced by daiyōji 蛮

蛮族

Compounds

蕃(はん)育(いく) (han'iku)
蕃(はん)衛(えい) (han'ei) (藩(はん)衛(えい))
蕃(はん)衍(えん) (han'en) (繁(はん)衍(えん))
蕃(はん)国(こく) (hankoku) (藩(はん)国(こく))
蕃(はん)祉(し) (hanshi) (繁(はん)祉(し))
蕃(はん)昌(しょう) (hanshō) (繁(はん)昌(しょう))
蕃(はん)殖(しょく) (hanshoku) (繁(はん)殖(しょく))
蕃(はん)息(そく) (hansoku) (繁(はん)息(そく))
蕃(はん)畜(ちく) (hanchiku)
蕃(はん)蕪(ぶ) (hanbu)
蕃(はん)廡(ぶ) (hanbu)
蕃(はん)阜(ぷ) (hanpu)
蕃(はん)服(ぷく) (hanpuku)
蕃(はん)屛(ぺい) (hanpei) (藩(はん)屛(ぺい))
蕃(はん)茂(も) (hanmo) (繁(はん)茂(も))
蕃(はん)籬(り) (hanri) (藩(はん)籬(り))
阜(ふ)蕃(はん) (fuhan) (阜(ふ)繁(はん))

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蕃
ばん Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 蕃 (MC pʉɐn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

Affix

蕃(ばん) • (ban) ^{←ばん (ban)^?}

barbarian
(historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal
(historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
太(タ)魯(ロ)閣(コ)蕃(ばん)、霧(む)社(しゃ)蕃(ばん)
taroko-ban, musha-ban
(please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

蕃(ばん)夷(い) (ban'i) (蛮(ばん)夷(い))
蕃(ばん)茄(か) (banka)
蕃(ばん)客(かく) (bankaku)
蕃(ばん)瓜(か)樹(じゅ) (bankaju)
蕃(ばん)境(きょう) (bankyō)
蕃(ばん)語(ご) (bango) (番(ばん)語(ご))
蕃(ばん)紅(こう)花(か) (bankōka) (番(ばん)紅(こう)花(か))
蕃(ばん)国(こく) (bankoku) (藩(ばん)国(こく))
蕃(ばん)社(しゃ) (bansha)
蕃(ばん)習(しゅう) (banshū) (蛮(ばん)習(しゅう))
蕃(ばん)戎(じゅう) (banjū)
蕃(ばん)書(しょ) (bansho)
蕃(ばん)庶(しょ) (bansho)
蕃(ばん)藷(しょ), 蕃(ばん)薯(しょ) (bansho)
蕃(ばん)昌(しょう) (banshō) (繁(ばん)昌(しょう))
蕃(ばん)椒(しょう) (banshō) (番(ばん)椒(しょう))
蕃(ばん)神(しん) (banshin) (蛮(ばん)神(しん))
蕃(ばん)莘(しん) (banshin)
蕃(ばん)人(じん) (banjin)
蕃(ばん)生(せい) (bansei)
蕃(ばん)船(せん) (bansen) (番(ばん)船(せん))
蕃(ばん)僧(そう) (bansō) (番(ばん)僧(そう))
蕃(ばん)俗(ぞく) (banzoku)
蕃(ばん)族(ぞく) (banzoku) (蛮(ばん)族(ぞく))
蕃(ばん)地(ち) (banchi) (蛮(ばん)地(ち))
蕃(ばん)土(ど) (bando) (蛮(ばん)土(ど))
蕃(ばん)舶(ぱく) (banpaku) (蛮(ばん)舶(ぱく))
蕃(ばん)別(べつ) (banbetsu)
蕃(ばん)坊(ぼう) (banbō)
蕃(ばん)茉(まつ)莉(り) (banmatsuri)
蕃(ばん)民(みん) (banmin)
蕃(ばん)茘(れい)枝(し) (banreishi)
外(がい)蕃(ばん) (gaiban)
玄(げん)蕃(ば) (genba)
熟(じゅく)蕃(ばん) (jukuban)
生(せい)蕃(ばん) (seiban)
西(せい)蕃(ばん) (seiban)
西(せい)蕃(ばん) (Seiban)
吐(と)蕃(ばん) (Toban) (吐(と)番(ばん), 土(と)蕃(ばん))
土(ど)蕃(ばん) (doban)
阜(ふ)蕃(ばん) (fuban)

Korean

Hanja

蕃 • (beon) (hangeul 번, revised beon, McCune–Reischauer pŏn, Yale pen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蕃: Hán Nôm readings: phen, phên, phiên

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References

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