Read Edit View history 番 fānPān HSK6 to take turns Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an animal's claw (釆) with their paw shown. 釆 also represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "animal's paw", now written as 蹯. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas fān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Used here to depict an animal's claw. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 番 Simp strokes 番 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts an animal's paw. Modern form looks like unrelated 田. 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356 969 358 Q 917 371 856 381 Q 727 409 560 516 Q 551 522 545 525 C 519 540 503 530 526 511 Z", "M 337 274 Q 324 281 287 290 Q 274 294 269 288 Q 262 282 271 264 Q 305 182 320 52 Q 321 12 343 -15 Q 362 -40 368 -23 Q 372 -10 374 9 L 373 42 Q 352 192 347 236 C 343 266 343 271 337 274 Z", "M 630 28 Q 640 0 667 -54 Q 676 -73 687 -72 Q 703 -69 714 -42 Q 741 12 756 166 Q 763 215 787 247 Q 806 266 793 281 Q 771 305 722 327 Q 703 339 669 327 Q 533 284 337 274 C 307 272 317 232 347 236 Q 348 236 473 252 L 512 258 Q 570 268 644 277 Q 672 281 685 267 Q 707 231 677 63 Q 676 47 670 46 Q 667 45 664 46 C 645 22 623 45 630 28 Z", "M 531 140 Q 580 150 625 154 Q 650 158 641 172 Q 631 188 603 192 Q 578 196 535 185 Q 534 185 534 184 C 517 178 512 177 483 170 Q 440 160 404 150 Q 386 146 408 130 Q 418 123 440 126 Q 462 130 484 132 L 531 140 Z", "M 525 61 Q 528 104 531 140 L 534 184 Q 534 197 537 213 Q 546 234 512 258 C 488 276 466 281 473 252 Q 479 230 483 170 L 484 132 Q 484 101 484 54 C 484 24 523 31 525 61 Z", "M 374 9 Q 380 8 391 9 Q 467 22 630 28 C 660 29 678 30 664 46 Q 658 55 638 69 Q 622 79 525 61 L 484 54 Q 423 47 373 42 C 343 39 344 10 374 9 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.