藩

藩 · fān

fence; boundary; outlying border

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
fān
Cantonese
faan4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fence; boundary; outlying border

Dictionary definitions & readings

藩 fān · fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. fán

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53322.100:fān,fán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0298.060:fān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
091.040:fān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
fān粵faan4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハン まがき Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
번:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
附袁 甫煩 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TEHW Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4416.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1066.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
114.43 116.03 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0195s Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+85E9
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
15
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6322

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
藩
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
bjon · 附袁 · 山合三平元並 · #471
Middle Chinese
pjon · 甫煩 · 山合三平元幫 · #480

PHONO-ML, source line 4036; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1176.101
kCowles
672.5
kDaeJaweon
1531.030
kFennIndex
129.01
kGSR
0195s
kHanYu
53322.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1531.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53322.100
kIRGKangXi
1066.050
kKangXi
1066.050
kMatthews
1800
kMeyerWempe
457
kMorohashi
32346' 32346':E0101 32346:E0102
kNelson
4089
kSBGY
114.43 116.03
kSMSZD2003Index
604.04
kCangjie
TEHW
kFenn
811G
kFourCornerCode
4416.9
kHKGlyph
3556
kMojiJoho
MJ023096 MJ023096:E0101 MJ023097:E0102
kPhonetic
338 1090
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-372A
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3BF
kIRG_JSource
J0-484D
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DDD2
kIRG_KSource
K0-5B67
kIRG_TSource
T1-786A
kIRG_VSource
V2-8F59
kRSUnicode
140.15
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C3BF
kCCCII
215630
kCNS1986
1-786A
kCNS1992
1-786A
kEACC
215630
kGB0
2310
kGB1
2310
kJis0
4045
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5672
kTGH
2013:6322
kTaiwanTelegraph
5672
kXerox
263:173
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3425+140.3.15
kCantonese
faan4
kDefinition
fence; boundary; outlying border
kFanqie
附袁 甫煩
kHangul
번:0N
kHanyuPinyin
53322.100:fān,fán
kJapanese
ハン まがき
kJapaneseKun
MAGAKI
kJapaneseOn
HAN
kKorean
PEN
kMandarin
fān
kSMSZD2003Readings
fān粵faan4
kTGHZ2013
091.040:fān
kTang
bhiæn
kXHC1983
0298.060:fān

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Structure & connections

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15dictionary records using 藩0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 潘 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱艹潘$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹潘$(GHTJKPV)

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