番

See also: 蹯 and 蕃

番 U+756A, 番 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-756A ← 畩 [U+7569] CJK Unified Ideographs 畫 → [U+756B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

番 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田 (HDW), four-corner 2060₉, composition ⿱釆田)

Derived characters

• 僠, 噃, 墦, 嬏, 嶓, 幡, 憣, 播, 潘, 㺕, 旙, 旛, 膰, 橎, 燔, 𤗹, 𬌌, 璠, 𪽡, 𭻱, 皤, 磻, 䊩, 襎, 繙(𬙆), 羳, 蟠, 譒, 𮚤, 蹯, 轓, 鐇(𫔍), 㸋, 䪛, 䪤, 䮳(𩨏), 鱕
• 勫, 𭻣, 𬏎, 鄱, 𫿓, 𬅱, 𬏔, 㽃, 翻, 𬏗, 飜, 鷭(𬸪), 審, 㢖, 蕃, 䆺, 䉒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 763, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21858
• Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2543, character 4
• Unihan data for U+756A

Chinese

trad.		番
simp. #		番

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 番
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 / 形声, OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban): phonetic 釆 (biàn) + semantic 田 – "animal's footprint in the field"; Xu Shen interprets both components as the pictogram of an animal footprint. Original form of 蹯 (fán).

According to Tadashi Takada (高田忠周), it's the pictogram of some seeds on the palm of an open hand, which conveys the concept of "spreading". Original form of 播.

Neither Xu Shen nor Tadashi Takada interprets the bottom component as the pictogram of a field.

Etymology

“to do in turns; turn; time”

Iterative of 反 (OC *panʔ, “to turn; to return”) by aspiration of the initial (Schuessler, 2007).

“anime series”

Back-formation from 新番 (xīnfān).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fān (fan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fan¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fan¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): fan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fan¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): fan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): huăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoan / han

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ / huêng¹ / hung¹ / hang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fe
• Xiang

  (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan¹

  (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fan¹

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan¹
    • Yale: fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fan⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /fæ̃¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan
    • Tâi-lô: huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han
    • Tâi-lô: han
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hafn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /han⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han³³/

Note: han - only used in 番薯.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang¹ / huêng¹ / hung¹ / hang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang / hueng / hung / hang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³/, /hueŋ³³/, /huŋ³³/, /haŋ³³/

Note:

• hung1 - Chaozhou, only used in 番葛;
• hang1 - Jieyang, only used in 番葛.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fe
    • MiniDict: fe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸan³³/
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan⁴⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjon

Rime
Character	番
Reading #	2/5
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	孚袁切
Baxter	phjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuan/
Li Rong	/pʰiuɐn/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	番
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fān
Middle Chinese	‹ phjon ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰar/
English	a turn, a time
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	番
Reading #	4/5
No.	2889
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飜
Old Chinese	/*pʰan/

Definitions

番

1. to do in turns; to take turns; to repeat

   • 乃偃旗臥鼓，但循河設火鋪，連延數十里，番步卒以守之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     乃偃旗卧鼓，但循河设火铺，连延数十里，番步卒以守之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government

     Nǎi yǎnqíwògǔ, dàn xún hé shè huǒpū, liányán shù shí lǐ, fān bùzú yǐ shǒu zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Classifier for actions, deeds: a show of ...

   一番好意  ―  yī fān hǎoyì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. Classifier for the number of times an action has been performed: turn; time

   三番五次  ―  sānfānwǔcì  ―  again and again

   • 弼便作難，一坐人便以為屈，於是弼自為客主數番，皆一坐所不及。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     弼便作难，一坐人便以为屈，于是弼自为客主数番，皆一坐所不及。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Bì biàn zuònán, yī zuò rén biàn yǐwéi qū, yúshì Bì zì wéi kèzhǔ shù fān, jiē yī zuò suǒ bùjí. [Pinyin]

     Wang Bi proceeded to raise objections, and everyone in the audience considered He Yan defeated. Wang Bi then went on to repeatedly questioned and answered himself. In every case he was unequalled by anyone else in the audience.

   • 問我東歸今幾日，坐看庭樹六番黃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     问我东归今几日，坐看庭树六番黄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 12th–13th century, 陸游 (Lu You), 閒中

     Wèn wǒ dōng guī jīn jǐrì, zuò kàn tíng shù liù fān huáng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 若稱臣於吳，是一辱也。若吳被魏所吞，陛下再稱臣於魏，是兩番之辱矣。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     若称臣于吴，是一辱也。若吴被魏所吞，陛下再称臣于魏，是两番之辱矣。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Ruò chēngchén yú Wú, shì yī rǔ yě. Ruò Wú bèi Wèi suǒ tūn, bì xià zài chēngchén yú Wèi, shì liǎng fān zhī rǔ yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. Classifier for different kinds of things: kind; type

   別有一番風味／别有一番风味  ―  bié yǒu yī fān fēngwèi  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. A generic term for the non-Han people in China's west in historical times; (by extension) non-Han people; foreign land; foreign; non-native; barbarian

   番茄  ―  fānqié  ―  tomato [lit. foreign eggplant]

   • 余鄉人薛氏，居番三十五年矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余乡人薛氏，居番三十五年矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1300, 周達觀 (Zhou Daguan), 真臘風土記 (The Customs of Cambodia)

     Yú xiāngrén Xuē shì, jū fān sānshíwǔ nián yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (Malaysian Hokkien) Muslim

   入番 [Hokkien]  ―  ji̍p-hoan [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to become a Muslim

7. (ACG) anime series (Classifier: 部)
8. (mahjong) points

Synonyms

• (to do in turns): 輪換／轮换 (lúnhuàn)
• (barbarian): 胡 (hú)
• (Muslim): 穆斯林 (mùsīlín)
• (points):

Dialectal synonyms of 番 (“points (mahjong)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		番
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臺
	Singapore	臺, 番
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	番
Cantonese	Hong Kong	番
	Singapore (Guangfu)	番
Gan	Nanchang	番
	Lichuan	番
Southern Min	Taipei	臺 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	臺
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

• → Japanese: 飜(ハン) (han)
• → Vietnamese: phen

Compounds

• 一番 (yīfān)
• 一番口舌
• 下番
• 上番
• 三番五次 (sānfānwǔcì)
• 三番兩次 / 三番两次 (sānfānliǎngcì)
• 三番四復 / 三番四复
• 今番 (jīnfān)
• 兩次三番 / 两次三番 (liǎngcìsānfān)
• 前番 (qiánfān)
• 十番 (shífān)
• 半唐番 (bàntángfān, “a person of half-Chinese ancestry”)
• 吐魯番 / 吐鲁番 (Tǔlǔfān, “Turpan”)
• 和番
• 土番
• 土番鴨 / 土番鸭
• 大啖一番
• 小番子
• 屢次三番 / 屡次三番
• 山番 (shānfān)
• 平埔番
• 幾次三番 / 几次三番
• 幾番 / 几番 (jǐfān)
• 幾番家 / 几番家
• 押番
• 擺番 / 摆番
• 攧番 / 𭣇番
• 放番
• 昭君和番
• 更番 (gēngfān)
• 正番鴨 / 正番鸭 (zhèngfānyā)
• 熟番 (shúfān, “Sinicized ethnic minority”)
• 理番通事
• 生番 (shēngfān, “non-Sinicized ethnic minority, barbarian”)
• 番人 (fānrén)
• 番代
• 番仔 (“foreigner, barbarian”)
• 番佛
• 番使
• 番來覆去 / 番来覆去
• 番儂 / 番侬
• 番囝
• 番國 / 番国 (fānguó)
• 番地
• 番天覆地
• 番夷
• 番婆
• 番子 (fānzi)
• 番子手
• 番客 (fānkè)
• 番弓
• 番張跟斗 / 番张跟斗
• 番役
• 番悔
• 番戍
• 番攤館 / 番摊馆
• 番木瓜 (fānmùguā, “papaya”)
• 番木鱉 / 番木鳖
• 番柿
• 番椒 (fānjiāo)
• 番檨 (fānshē)
• 番瓜 (fānguā, “papaya”)
• 番番
• 番番是福
• 番石榴 (fānshíliú, “guava”)
• 番社
• 番筧 / 番笕
• 番紅 / 番红
• 番羅 / 番罗
• 番船
• 番芋 (fānyù, “Alocasia cucullata”)
• 番茄 (fānqié, “tomato”)
• 番茄炒蛋 (fānqié chǎodàn, “stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs”)
• 番茄素
• 番茄醬 / 番茄酱 (fānqiéjiàng, “ketchup”)
• 番荔枝 (fānlìzhī, “sugar-apple/sweet-sop”)
• 番菜
• 番菜館 / 番菜馆
• 番薑 / 番姜 (“chili”)
• 番薯 (fānshǔ, “sweet potato”)
• 番藷 / 番薯 (fānshǔ)
• 番號 / 番号 (fānhào)
• 番話 / 番话 (“foreign language”)
• 番路 (Fānlù)
• 番邦 (fānbāng)
• 番錢 / 番钱
• 番騰 / 番腾
• 番鬼 (fānguǐ)
• 番鴨 / 番鸭 (fānyā)
• 番麥粒 / 番麦粒
• 當番 / 当番 (dāngfān)
• 真番 (Zhēnfān)
• 紅毛番 / 红毛番 (hóngmáofān)
• 累次三番
• 翻兩番 / 翻两番
• 翻番 (fānfān)
• 者番
• 臭番
• 西番果
• 西番蓮 / 西番莲 (xīfānlián)
• 輪番 / 轮番 (lúnfān)
• 輪番上陣 / 轮番上阵
• 連番 / 连番
• 這番 / 这番
• 過番 / 过番 (guòfān)
• 顛番面皮 / 颠番面皮

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pān (Pan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pun¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): puan¹ / puang¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹phoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pān
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pan
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻan¹
    • Yale: Pān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pan
    • Palladius: Пань (Panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pun¹
    • Yale: pūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: puan¹ / puang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuaⁿ / phuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰũã³³/, /pʰuaŋ³³/

Note: puang1 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹phoe
    • MiniDict: phoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹phoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰø⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: phan

Rime
Character	番
Reading #	3/5
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	普官切
Baxter	phan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰwan/
Li Rong	/pʰuɑn/
Wang Li	/pʰuɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	番
Reading #	3/5
No.	2878
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	潘
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːn/

Definitions

番

1. a surname
2. only used in 番禺 (Pānyú)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon, paH

Rime
Character	番	番
Reading #	1/5	5/5
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	附袁切	補過切
Baxter	bjon	paH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/	/puɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/	/puɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/	/puɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/	/pwaH/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/	/puɑH/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/	/puɑH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/	/puɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán	bò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4	bo3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ban/, /*paːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	番	番
Reading #	5/5	2/5
No.	2895	2873
Phonetic component	番	番
Rime group	元	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩	播
Old Chinese	/*ban/	/*paːls/
Notes	釆聲，後作蹯

Definitions

番

1. Original form of 蹯 (fán, “animal's foot”).
2. alternative form of 藩 (“fence”)
3. alternative form of 蕃 (“luxuriant”)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pó (po²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): po⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²
    • Yale: pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: por
    • Palladius: по (po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: po⁴
    • Yale: pòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: po⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: po⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo⁵⁵/

Definitions

番

1. (historical) (～縣) Po (former name of 鄱陽 / 鄱阳 (Póyáng) (= Poyang): a county under the modern prefecture-level city of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China; used under the Qin dynasty)
2. used in 番番 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”)
3. a surname

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bō (bo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹
    • Yale: bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pa

Rime
Character	番
Reading #	4/5
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博禾切
Baxter	pa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa/
Li Rong	/puɑ/
Wang Li	/puɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/puɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	番
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bō
Middle Chinese	‹ pa ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁar/
English	martial
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	番
Reading #	1/5
No.	2871
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	波
Old Chinese	/*paːl/

Definitions

番

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 番番 (bōbō, “valiant; courageous”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 播 (“to spread; to propagate”)

Pronunciation 6

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fon¹

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔn⁴⁴/

Definitions

番

1. (Hakka, dialectal Cantonese) Classifier for quilts.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 條 (“(classifier for quilts)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		條, 床
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	條, 床
	Taiwan	條
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	床
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	條, 床
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	床
	Wuhan	床
	Guilin	床
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	床
	Hefei	床
Cantonese	Guangzhou	張, 床
	Hong Kong	張, 床
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	張, 番
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	張
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	張, 番
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	床
	Macau	張
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	張
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	張
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	張
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	張
	Foshan	張
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	張
	Foshan (Shunde)	張
	Foshan (Sanshui)	張
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	張
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	張
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	張
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	張
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	張
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	張
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	張
	Taishan	張
	Kaiping (Chikan)	張
	Enping (Niujiang)	張
	Heshan (Yayao)	張
	Dongguan	張
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	番
	Yangjiang	番
	Nanning	番
Gan	Nanchang	床
Hakka	Meixian	番
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	番
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	番
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	張
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	張
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	床
	Hong Kong	番
Jin	Taiyuan	張, 條, 根
Northern Min	Jian'ou	床
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	床
Southern Min	Xiamen	領, 床
	Quanzhou	領, 床
	Jinjiang	領
	Zhangzhou	領, 床
	Singapore (Hokkien)	領
	Manila (Hokkien)	領
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	領
	Chaozhou	領
	Shantou	領
	Jieyang	領
Puxian Min	Putian	領, 床, 張
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	張
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	領, 床, 張
	Xianyou	領
	Xianyou (Fengting)	領
	Xianyou (Youyang)	領
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	張
Wu	Suzhou	條
	Wenzhou	條, 床
Xiang	Changsha	鋪, 床
	Shuangfeng	床

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 番

番

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kun: つがい (tsugai, 番い)、つがう (tsugau, 番う)、つがえる (tsugaeru, 番える)

Compounds

• 番(ばん)外(がい) (bangai)
• 番(ばん)犬(けん) (banken): a watchdog
• 番(ばん)号(ごう) (bangō)
• 番(ばん)地(ち) (banchi)
• 番(ばん)頭(とう) (bantō), 番(ばん)頭(がしら) (bangashira)
• 番(ばん)人(にん) (bannin)
• 番(ばん)組(ぐみ) (bangumi)
• 定(てい)番(ばん) (teiban)
• 一(いち)番(ばん) (ichiban)
• 番(ばん)兵(ぺい) (banpei): a guard, a sentry

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
番
ばん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばん [báꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

Noun

番(ばん) • (ban) ^{←ばん (ban)?}

1. one's turn (as in a game, etc.)

   次(つぎ)は君(きみ)の番(ばん)ですよ。

   Tsugi wa kimi no ban desu yo.

   It's your turn next.

Counter

番(ばん) • (-ban) ^{←ばん (-ban)?}

1. (sports) matches

Suffix

番(ばん) • (-ban) ^{←ばん (-ban)?}

1. (applied to numerals) -th: forms ordinal numerals

   一(いち)番(ばん) ― ichiban ― first

   二(に)番(ばん) ― niban ― second

2. (music) verses and the following chorus

   2(に)番(ばん)の歌詞(かし)

   ni-ban no kashi

   second set of verses

Derived terms

• 番目(ばんめ) (-banme)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
番
つが(い) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 番 – see the following entry.

【つがい】 [noun] (poetic) pair [verb] stem or continuative form of つがう (tsugau) [godan] Alternative spelling 番い

(This term, 番, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phjon).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 펀 (Yale: phen) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [번]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

番

番 (eumhun 차례(次例) 번)

1. hanja form^? of 번 (“turn”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 번호 (番號, beonho)
• 순번 (順番, sunbeon)
• 번지 (番地, beonji)
• 당번 (當番, dangbeon)
• 단번 (單番, danbeon)
• 비번 (非番, bibeon)
• 전번 (前番, jeonbeon)
• 국번 (局番, gukbeon)
• 윤번 (輪番, yunbeon)
• 학번 (學番, hakbeon)
• 번차 (番次, beoncha)
• 결번 (缺番, gyeolbeon)
• 교번 (交番, gyobeon)
• 군번 (軍番, gunbeon)
• 번수 (番數, beonsu)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phan).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 판 (Yale: phan) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Early Modern Korean 반^韻 (Yale: pan) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [반]

Hanja

番 (eumhun 땅 이름 반 (ttang ireum ban))

1. hanja form^? of 반 (“a surname”)
2. hanja form^? of 반 (“a placename”)

Compounds

• 반우 (番禹, banu)

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC pa).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 방 (Yale: pa) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Early Modern Korean 파^韻 (Yale: pha) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

Hanja

番 (eumhun 날랠 파 (nallael pa))

1. (literary Chinese) hanja form^? of 파 (“valiant”)

Compounds

• 파파 (番番, papa)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Old Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC bjon|phjon|phan|pa|paH).

Phonogram

番 (po₂)

1. Denotes phonographic syllable po₂.

Usage notes

Only used in the prose of the Kojiki of 712 CE (Miyake (2003) p. 254).

Further reading

• Miyake (2003) p. 254

Vietnamese

Han character

番: Hán Việt readings: ba, bà, phiên
番: Nôm readings: ba, bà, phan, phiên, phen

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999