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climb

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approved by Prismcool · Dec 4, 2023, 06:14 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 4, 2023, 06:14 AM

樊

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Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 樊 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠬜, which depicts two hands facing away from each other, representing the action of climbing.

Components

樊
樊 SoundIconic component

Depicts two hands (𠬜) climbing over a fence (棥).

手
手 Meaning component

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphaenpʰˤran pull oneself up

說文解字

《說文》：“，引也。从反廾。，或从手从樊。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)