蕃

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

• 𪿾, 𧂵

• 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

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

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

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

蕃

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

蕃

1. Alternative form of 番 (“foreign”)

蕃

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

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

• 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)

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

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

From Middle Chinese 蕃 (MC pjon).

• IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

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)

• 蛮(ばん) (ban)

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

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From Middle Chinese 蕃 (MC bjon|pjon).

蕃 (po₂)

1. Denotes phonographic syllable po₂.

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

• Miyake (2003) p. 254

蕃: Hán Nôm readings: phen, phên, phiên

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