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番 (Kangxi radical 102,田+7, 12 strokes,cangjie input竹木田 (HDW),four-corner2060₉,composition⿱釆田)

• 僠, 噃, 墦, 嬏, 嶓, 幡, 憣, 播, 潘, 㺕, 旙, 橎, 燔, 璠, 膰, 皤, 磻, 襎, 䊩, 繙, 羳, 蟠, 譒, 蹯, 轓, 鐇, 㸋, 䪛, 䪤, 䮳, 鱕
• 勫, 鄱, 㽃, 翻, 飜, 鷭, 審, 蕃, 䆺, 䉒, 㢖, 旛

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 763, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21858
• Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2543, character 4
• Unihan data for U+756A

Historical forms of the character番
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban): phonetic 釆(biàn) + semantic 田 – "animal's footprint in the field"; Xu Shen interprets both components as the pictogram of an animal footprint. Original form of蹯 (fán).

According to Tadashi Takada (高田忠周), it's the pictogram of some seeds on the palm of an open hand, which conveys the concept of "spreading". Original form of播.

Neither Xu Shen nor Tadashi Takada interprets the bottom component as the pictogram of a field.

“to do in turns; turn; time”

Iterative of反 (OC*panʔ, “to turn; to return”) by aspiration of the initial (Schuessler, 2007).

“anime series”

Back-formation from新番(xīnfān).

Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

番

1. todo inturns; totake turns; torepeat

   • 乃偃旗臥鼓，但循河設火鋪，連延數十里，番步卒以守之。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     乃偃旗卧鼓，但循河设火铺，连延数十里，番步卒以守之。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:1084CE,Sima Guang,Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government

     Nǎi yǎnqíwògǔ, dàn xún hé shè huǒpū, liányán shù shí lǐ,fān bùzú yǐ shǒu zhī.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Classifier foractions,deeds: ashow of ...

   一番好意  ― yīfān hǎoyì  ―  anact of kindness

3. Classifier for thenumber oftimes anaction has beenperformed: turn;time

   三番五次  ― sānfānwǔcì  ―  again and again

   • 弼便作難，一坐人便以為屈，於是弼自為客主數番，皆一坐所不及。[Literary Chinese,trad.]
     弼便作难，一坐人便以为屈，于是弼自为客主数番，皆一坐所不及。[Literary Chinese,simp.]

     From:Liu Yiqing (editor),A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th centuryCE

     Bì biàn zuònán, yī zuò rén biàn yǐwéi qū, yúshì Bì zì wéi kèzhǔ shùfān, jiē yī zuò suǒ bùjí.[Pinyin]

     Wang Bi proceeded to raise objections, and everyone in the audience considered He Yan defeated. Wang Bi then went on torepeatedly questioned and answered himself. In every case he was unequalled by anyone else in the audience.

   • 問我東歸今幾日，坐看庭樹六番黃。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     问我东归今几日，坐看庭树六番黄。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: 12th–13th century,陸游 (Lu You),閒中

     Wèn wǒ dōng guī jīn jǐrì, zuò kàn tíng shù liùfān huáng.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 若稱臣於吳，是一辱也。若吳被魏所吞，陛下再稱臣於魏，是兩番之辱矣。[Written Vernacular Chinese,trad.]
     若称臣于吴，是一辱也。若吴被魏所吞，陛下再称臣于魏，是两番之辱矣。[Written Vernacular Chinese,simp.]

     From:Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th centuryCE

     Ruò chēngchén yú Wú, shì yī rǔ yě. Ruò Wú bèi Wèi suǒ tūn, bì xià zài chēngchén yú Wèi, shì liǎngfān zhī rǔ yǐ.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. Classifier fordifferentkinds ofthings: kind;type

   別有一番風味／别有一番风味  ― bié yǒu yīfān fēngwèi  ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. Agenericterm for thenon-Hanpeople inChina'swest inhistoricaltimes;(by extension)non-Hanpeople;foreignland;foreign;non-native;barbarian

   番茄  ― fānqié  ―  tomato [lit.foreign eggplant]

   • 余鄉人薛氏，居番三十五年矣。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     余乡人薛氏，居番三十五年矣。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:c. 1300,周達觀 (Zhou Daguan),真臘風土記 (The Customs of Cambodia)

     Yú xiāngrén Xuē shì, jūfān sānshíwǔ nián yǐ.[Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (Malaysian Hokkien)Muslim

   入番[Hokkien]  ― ji̍p-hoan[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to become a Muslim

7. (ACG)animeseries(Classifier:部)
8. (mahjong)points

• (to do in turns):輪換／轮换 (lúnhuàn)
• (barbarian):胡 (hú)
• (Muslim):穆斯林 (mùsīlín)
• (points):

• → Japanese:飜(ハン)(han)
• → Vietnamese:phen

番

1. asurname
2. only used in番禺 (Pānyú)

番

1. Original form of蹯 (fán, “animal'sfoot”).
2. alternative form of藩(“fence”)
3. alternative form of蕃(“luxuriant”)

番

1. (historical)(～縣)Po (former name of鄱陽 /鄱阳(Póyáng) (=Poyang): acounty under the modern prefecture-level city ofShangrao,Jiangxi,China; used under theQindynasty)
2. used in番番 (pópó, “white;whitehaired”)
3. asurname

番

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)used in番番 (bōbō, “valiant;courageous”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alternative form of播(“tospread; topropagate”)

番

1. (Hakka, dialectal Cantonese)Classifier forquilts.

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:ほん(hon)
• Kan-on:はん(han)
• Kan’yō-on:ばん(ban,Jōyō)
• Kun:つがい(tsugai,番い)、つがう(tsugau,番う)、つがえる(tsugaeru,番える)

• 番(ばん)外(がい)(bangai)
• 番(ばん)犬(けん)(banken): awatchdog
• 番(ばん)号(ごう)(bangō)
• 番(ばん)地(ち)(banchi)
• 番(ばん)頭(とう)(bantō),番(ばん)頭(がしら)(bangashira)
• 番(ばん)人(にん)(bannin)
• 番(ばん)組(ぐみ)(bangumi)
• 定(てい)番(ばん)(teiban)
• 一(いち)番(ばん)(ichiban)
• 番(ばん)兵(ぺい)(banpei): aguard, asentry

• (Tokyo)ばん[báꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

番(ばん)• (ban) ^{←ばん(ban)?}

1. one'sturn (as in agame, etc.)

   次(つぎ)は君(きみ)の番(ばん)ですよ。

   Tsugi wa kimi noban desu yo.

   It's yourturn next.

番(ばん)• (-ban) ^{←ばん(-ban)?}

1. (sports)matches

番(ばん)• (-ban) ^{←ばん(-ban)?}

1. (applied to numerals)-th: forms ordinal numerals

   一(いち)番(ばん) ―ichiban ―first

   二(に)番(ばん) ―niban ―second

2. (music) verses and the following chorus

   2(に)番(ばん)の歌詞(かし)

   ni-ban no kashi

   secondset of verses

• 番目(ばんめ)(-banme)

FromMiddle Chinese番 (MC phjon).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[pʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul:[번]

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

番

番 (eumhun차례(次例)번)

1. hanja form^? of번(“turn”)

FromMiddle Chinese番 (MC phan).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[pa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul:[반]

番 (eumhun땅이름반(ttang ireum ban))

1. hanja form^? of반(“asurname”)
2. hanja form^? of반(“aplacename”)

FromMiddle Chinese番 (MC pa).

番 (eumhun날랠파(nallael pa))

1. (literary Chinese)hanja form^? of파(“valiant”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[1]

FromMiddle Chinese番 (MC bjon|phjon|phan|pa|paH).

番 (po₂)

1. Denotesphonographic syllable po₂.

Only used in the prose of theKojiki of 712CE (Miyake (2003) p. 254).

• Miyake (2003) p. 254

番:Hán Việt readings:ba,bà,phiên
番:Nôm readings:ba,bà,phan,phiên,phen

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999

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