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fān

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fān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fān | fan1
English translation
boundary, fence, outlying border

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About fān

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

fān

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of fān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹潘

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

pān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and pān represents the sound.

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Words with fān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
fān fence fān
曾国藩 Zēng Guó fān Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man曾國藩
藩镇 fān zhèn lit. fence town藩鎮
藩篱 fān lí hedge藩籬
三藩市 Sān fān shì San Francisco (California)三藩市 Sān fān shì
藩国 fān guó feudatory藩國
三藩之乱 sān fān zhī luàn Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi三藩之亂
李振藩 Lǐ Zhèn fān Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙 Lǐ Xiǎo lóng [Lǐ​Xiǎo​lóng]李振藩 Lǐ Zhèn fān
蔡东藩 Cài Dōng fān Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian, author of popular general history texts up until his own time蔡東藩
羝羊触藩 dī yáng chù fān trapped羝羊觸藩

fān Decomposition & Compounds

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