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樊

fán

a railing

Depicts two hands (𠬜) climbing over a fence (棥). 棥 also represents the sound.

Components
棥 sound,iconic component

棥  Sound Iconic component

fán

  

a railing

Depicts a fence (爻) between two trees (林).

𠬜 iconic component

𠬜  Iconic component

pān

  

to climb

Depicts two hands facing away from each other. Modern form looks like 大.

Evolution

樊 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
樊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

樊  

fán

a railing; a fence an enclosed place; cage; fence

樊  

Fán

surname Fan

Most common words with 樊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

樊

cage

襄樊

Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei

襄樊市

Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei

樊笼

bird cage

樊城

Fangcheng district of Xiangfan city 襄樊市[Xiāng​fán​shì], Hubei

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

攀 礬

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

攀

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3282nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+6A0A

Shuowen

“樊，鷙不行也。从，从棥，棥亦聲。”


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