棥
fán

a railing

Depicts a fence (爻) between two trees (林).

Components

林
林 Iconic component
lín forest

Depicts two trees.

爻
爻 Iconic component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Used here to depict fencing.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

樊

Iconic (1)

樊

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangban

說文解字

《說文》：“棥，藩也。从爻，从林。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.203漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)