番 · fān
to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat
- Mandarin
- fān
- Cantonese
- faan1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 番 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
バン ハン ホン ボン ハ バ ヒ ビ つがい つがう つがえるKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 번
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property
phan phen phiên phiệnForm & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+756A
- Radical
- 田 · 102
- Strokes
- 12 · Unihan
- Residual
- 7
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
12 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 番
Character connections
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History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- bjon · 附袁 反切 · #471
- Middle Chinese
- phjon · 孚袁 反切 · #472
- Middle Chinese
- phan · 普官 反切 · #537
- Middle Chinese
- pa · 博禾 反切 · #751
- Middle Chinese
- paH · 補過 反切 · #2840
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 4000 · bjon = 山合三平元並 · phjon = 山合三平元滂 · phan = 山合一平桓滂 · pa = 果合一平戈幫 · paH = 果合一去戈幫
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- fān
- kCantonese
- faan1
- kDefinition
- to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat
- kTotalStrokes
- 12
- kRSUnicode
- 102.7
- kGradeLevel
- 4
- kTGH
- 2013:2709
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- fán,fān,bō,pó,pān,pán,pàn,pí 42543.040
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- fān 0298.040 · pān 0851.050
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- fān 091.020 · pān 274.120
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- fān(84)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- fān粵faan1 pān粵pun1
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 附袁 孚袁 普官 博禾 補過
- Kangxi positions
- 0763.050
- Guangyun positions
- 114.07 114.47 127.11 163.37 420.36
- GSR references
- 0195b
- Cangjie
- HDW
- Four-corner
- 2060.9