番
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(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,466 U+756A
How 番 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Sowing seeds 米 on the farm 田
How to remember it
try · Heisig RSH #1418
droppings + 田 rice field — as a component also called: fertilizer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 番 as their sound component
These characters all use 番 (fān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番 sound component | fān | to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn |
| 翻 | fān | to upset, to capsize, to flip over |
| 潘 | pān | a river that flows into the Han; surname |
| 蟠 | pán | to occupy; to coil; curled up, coiled |
| 蕃 | bō | abundant, flourishing; barbarians, foreigners |
| 幡 | fān | pennant, banner, streamer, flag |
| 鄱 | pó | a county and lake in Jiangxi province |
| 皤 | pó | white, grey; corpulent |
| 蹯 | fán | paw |
Words containing 番
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番红花 | fān hóng huā | saffron (Crocus sativus) |
| 西番雅书 | Xī fān yǎ shū | Book of Zephaniah |
| 三番五次 | sān fān wǔ cì | over and over again (idiom) |
| 三番两次 | sān fān liǎng cì | repeatedly (idiom) |
| 黑海番鸭 | hēi hǎi fān yā | (bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta americana) |
| 几次三番 | jǐ cì sān fān | lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again |
| 斑脸海番鸭 | bān liǎn hǎi fān yā | (bird species of China) Stejneger's scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri) |
| 翻一番 | fān yī fān | to increase by 100%; to double |
| 生番 | shēng fān | barbarian; aboriginal savage |
| 里番 | lǐ fān | erotic anime; pornographic animation (loanword modeled on Japanese 裏番組 ura bangumi, "progr… |
| 番木瓜 | fān mù guā | papaya |
| 丢番图方程 | Diū fān tú fāng chéng | (math.) Diophantine equation |
| 吐鲁番市 | Tǔ lǔ fān Shì | Turpan, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 … |
| 番号 | fān hào | number of military unit |
| 连番 | lián fān | repeatedly |
| 番菜 | fān cài | (old) Western-style food; foreign food |
| 番客 | fān kè | (old) foreigner; alien; (dialect) overseas Chinese |
| 番界 | fān jiè | territory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old) |
| 吐鲁番盆地 | Tǔ lǔ fān Pén dì | the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang |
| 番刀 | fān dāo | type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard |