繁

See also: 緐

Translingual

Han character

繁 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11 in Chinese, 糸+10 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人大女戈火 (OKVIF), four-corner 8890₃, composition ⿱敏糸)

Derived characters

• 瀿, 蘩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27803
• Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3444, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7E41

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Chinese

trad.		繁
simp. #		繁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
繁	*baːl, *baːn, *ban
緐	*ban
蘩	*ban
瀿	*ban
瀪	*bans

Etymology

The same word as 蕃 (OC *ban, “luxuriant; numerous”). See there for more.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang⁵ / huêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fán
    • Wade–Giles: fan²
    • Yale: fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan⁴
    • Yale: fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fanˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan²
    • Sinological IPA: /fan¹¹/
• 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang⁵ / huêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâng / huêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵/, /hueŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• huang5 - Shantou;
• huêng5 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: bjon

Rime
Character	繁
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	附袁切
Baxter	bjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ban/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fán
Middle Chinese	‹ bjon ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ar/
English	abundant, numerous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繁
Reading #	3/3
No.	2951
Phonetic component	緐
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	煩
Old Chinese	/*ban/
Notes	說文作緐

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繁

1. numerous; many

   繁星 (fánxīng)

2. complicated

   繁體字／繁体字 (fántǐzì)

3. luxuriant; lush

   繁盛 (fánshèng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pó (po²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pó
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo²
    • Yale: pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: por
    • Palladius: по (po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ba

Rime
Character	繁
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄波切
Baxter	ba
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/buɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwa/
Li Rong	/buɑ/
Wang Li	/buɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	po4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繁
Reading #	1/3
No.	2945
Phonetic component	緐
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	婆
Old Chinese	/*baːl/
Notes	見爾雅

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繁

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 皤 (pó, “white”).
2. a surname
3. Used in zh:繁塔 also known as 繁台

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pán (pan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pán
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pán
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan²
    • Yale: pán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
    • Palladius: пань (panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ban

Rime
Character	繁
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄官切
Baxter	ban
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwan/
Li Rong	/buɑn/
Wang Li	/buɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pun4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*baːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繁
Reading #	2/3
No.	2946
Phonetic component	緐
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	槃
Old Chinese	/*baːn/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繁

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 鞶 (pán).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐn (min³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
    • Wade–Giles: min³
    • Yale: mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
    • Palladius: минь (minʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繁

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 敏 (mǐn).
2. Used in 繁鳥／繁鸟.

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Japanese

Kanji

繁

(Jōyō kanji)

1. rich, prosperous
2. flourishing, luxuriant, heavy or dense (foliage)
3. rhythm or regularity
4. difficulty
5. intricacy
6. complication

Readings

• Go-on: ぼん (bon)
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru, 繁る); しげし (shigeshi)

Compounds

Compounds

• 繁縷(はこべ) (hakobe), 繁縷(はこべら) (hakobera): chickweed

Proper noun

繁(しげる) or 繁(proper) • (shigeru or proper) [[Category:Japanese
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1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

繁 • (beon, ban) (hangeul 번, 반, revised beon, ban, McCune–Reischauer pŏn, pan, Yale pen, pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 繁 (phồn, phiền)

1. many; numerous