fān
pennant
Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 幡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
banner | ||
suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3437th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+5E61 |
Shuowen | “幡，書兒拭觚布也。从巾，番聲。” |
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