藩 meaning and stroke order
Boundary, fence, outlying border
How to write 藩, stroke by stroke
18 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 藩
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- fence; hedge
- (literary) screen; barrier
- vassal state
- Taiwan pr. [fan2]
How 藩 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Grass.
艹 gives the meaning and 潘 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 藩
藩 is grass 艹 on top of 潘 (pān), which gives the sound. Picture a hedge of grass and shrubs growing along the edge of the Pan family's land, forming a living fence at the border.
In modern Chinese 藩 mostly appears in historical and literary words about borders and vassal states, such as 藩国 (fānguó, vassal state) and 藩镇 (fānzhèn, regional military governors in the Tang dynasty). Example: 汉朝有很多藩国。(Hàncháo yǒu hěn duō fānguó.) The Han dynasty had many vassal states.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 藩 with 蕃 (fān), which also has grass on top and is used for foreign peoples and luxuriant growth. Also do not read 藩 as pān just because its phonetic part 潘 is read that way.
藩 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 藩
How many strokes are in 藩?
藩 is written with 18 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 藩 mean?
藩 (fān) means boundary, fence, outlying border.
How do you pronounce 藩?
藩 is pronounced fān, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 藩?
The radical of 藩 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 藩 under this radical.
Is 藩 pronounced fān or fán?
In mainland Mandarin it is first tone, fān. In Taiwan it is commonly pronounced with the second tone, fán.
What does 藩篱 mean?
藩篱 (fānlí) literally means a fence or hedge. It is often used figuratively for a barrier or restriction, as in 冲破藩篱 (chōngpò fānlí), to break through barriers.