蕃

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See also: 番
蕃 U+8543, 蕃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8543
← 蕂
[U+8542] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蕄 →
[U+8544]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

trad. 蕃
simp. # 蕃

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

The same word as 繁 (OC *ban). Cognate with Tibetan དཔལ (dpal, “glory; splendor; abundance; magnificence”) (Unger, 1986).

Pronunciation[edit]

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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faan4
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[edit]

蕃

  1. (literary) luxuriant; lush
  2. (literary) abundant; numerous
  3. (literary) to breed; to multiply; to proliferate

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faan1
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[edit]

蕃

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

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

蕃

  1. Alternative form of 番 (“foreign”)

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

蕃

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

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

蕃

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Readings[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
蕃
ばん
Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 蕃 (MC pjon).

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

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[edit]

See also[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Old Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 蕃 (MC bjon|pjon).

Phonogram[edit]

蕃 (po2)

  1. Denotes phonographic syllable po2.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

蕃: Hán Nôm readings: phen, phên, phiên

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References[edit]

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