繙

See also: 翻

Translingual

Han character

繙 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹木田 (VFHDW), four-corner 2296₉, composition ⿰糹番)

1. to interpret
2. to flap, flutter in the wind

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27901
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3453, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7E59

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 繙 – see 翻 (“to fly; to circle in the air; to soar; to flutter; to flip over; to turn over; to reverse; to toss; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 翻).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 繙 – see 幡 (“banner; streamer; flag”). (This character is a variant form of 幡).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		繙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fán (fan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁴ / faan¹

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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 / faan¹
    • Yale: fàahn / fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁴ / faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁴ / fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²¹/, /faːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bjon, phjon

Rime
Character	繙	繙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	元 (66)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	附袁切	孚袁切
Baxter	bjon	phjon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐn/	/pʰʉɐn/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐn/	/pʰʷiɐn/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐn/	/pʰiuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buan/	/pʰuan/
Li Rong	/biuɐn/	/pʰiuɐn/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐn/	/pʰĭwɐn/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐn/	/pʰi̯wɐn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fán	fān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan4	faan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan/, /*ban/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繙	繙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2894	2899
Phonetic component	番	番
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	飜	煩
Old Chinese	/*pʰan/	/*ban/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繙

1. to repeat

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Japanese

Kanji

繙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: ひもとく (himotoku, 繙く)

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Korean

Hanja

繙 • (beon) (hangeul 번, revised beon, McCune–Reischauer pŏn, Yale pen)

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