幡
fān

pennant

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
番
番 Sound component
fān to take turns

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰan
Unicodepiæn

說文解字

書兒拭觚布也。从巾番聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)