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 Dictionary: 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 / 形声, 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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴
    • Yale: fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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: bjon

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
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard 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

1. (literary) luxuriant; lush
2. (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.

3. (literary) to breed; to multiply; to proliferate

Compounds

• 生息蕃庶
• 蕃坊
• 蕃孌 / 蕃娈
• 蕃庶
• 蕃廡 / 蕃庑
• 蕃息 (fánxī)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng)
• 蕃殖 (fánzhí)
• 蕃滋
• 蕃熟 (fánshú)
• 蕃育
• 蕃蕪 / 蕃芜
• 蕃衍 (fányǎn)
• 蕃衍不絕 / 蕃衍不绝
• 阜蕃
• 陳蕃一室 / 陈蕃一室
• 陳蕃下榻 / 陈蕃下榻

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fān, fán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ, ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan

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• 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴
    • Yale: fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: pjon

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
Baxter	pjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puan/
Li Rong	/piuɐn/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐn/
Bernhard 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

1. alternative form of 藩 (“to shield; to protect”)

Compounds

• 蕃侯
• 蕃籬之鷃 / 蕃篱之𮭨

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fān (fan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹

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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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan¹
    • Yale: fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

蕃

1. alternative form of 番 (“foreign”)

Compounds

• 蕃帽
• 蕃舶
• 蕃薯 (Fānshǔ)

Etymology 4

From exonym in Tang dynasty for Tibet whose endonym is Old Tibetan བོད་ (bod).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bō, fān (bo¹, fan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo³

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• 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): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bo³
    • Yale: bo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon

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
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4

Definitions

蕃

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

Compounds

• 吐蕃
• 土蕃

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fān (fan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ

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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/

Definitions

蕃

1. (organic chemistry) phane

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蕃

蕃

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. grow thick and full (of plant growth)
2. 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 pjon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

Affix

蕃(ばん) • (ban) ^{←ばん (ban)?}

1. barbarian
2. (historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal
3. (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)

See also

• 蛮(ばん) (ban)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Old Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 蕃 (MC bjon|pjon).

Phonogram

蕃 (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

蕃: Hán Nôm readings: phen, phên, phiên

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References

• Nom Foundation