幡

Translingual

Han character

幡 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月竹木田 (LBHDW), four-corner 4226₉, composition ⿰巾番)

1. pennant, banner, streamer, flag

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 336, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9086
• Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 754, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5E61

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Chinese

trad.		幡
simp. #		幡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (番) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皤	*paːl, *baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	*baːn, *ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	*pan, *ban
轓	*pan, *pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	*pan, *ban
藩	*pan, *ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	*pʰan, *ban
繙	*pʰan, *ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fān (fan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fan
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹
    • Yale: fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan¹
    • Yale: fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân
    • Tâi-lô: huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan²³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjon

Rime
Character	幡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	孚袁切
Baxter	phjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuan/
Li Rong	/pʰiuɐn/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幡
Reading #	1/1
No.	2890
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飜
Old Chinese	/*pʰan/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

幡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. flag, banner

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
• Kun: はた (hata, 幡); わた (wata, 幡)

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Korean

Hanja

幡 (eum 번 (beon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

幡: Hán Nôm readings: phan

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