fán
a railing
Depicts a fence (爻) between two trees (林).
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+68E5 |
Shuowen | “棥,藩也。从爻,从林。” |
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