懂中文 Dong Chinese

蕃

fān, bō, fán

foreign things

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

番 sound component

番  Sound component

fān, pān

  

to take turns

Evolution

蕃 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
蕃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蕃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蕃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蕃  

fān

foreign things; variant of 番[fān]; foreign (non-Chinese)

蕃  

bō

see 吐蕃[Tǔ​bō]

蕃  

fán

luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce; to proliferate

Most common words with 蕃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蕃茄

tomato

蕃

luxuriant

吐蕃

also pr. [Tǔ​fān]