fán

a railing

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approved by Prismcool · Dec 6, 2023, 12:56 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 6, 2023, 12:56 AM

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Depicts a fence () between two trees ().

Components

Iconic component

Depicts two trees.

Iconic component

Used here to depict fencing.


Character Evolution

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

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