fán
a railing
Depicts two hands (𠬜) climbing over a fence (棥). 棥 also represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 樊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
cage | ||
Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei | ||
Xiangfan prefecture level city in Hubei | ||
bird cage | ||
Fangcheng district of Xiangfan city 襄樊市[Xiāngfánshì], Hubei |
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3282nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+6A0A |
Shuowen | “樊,鷙不行也。从,从棥,棥亦聲。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.203
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