樊
fánFán

a railing

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approved by Prismcool · Dec 4, 2023, 05:56 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 4, 2023, 05:56 AM

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Depicts two hands (𠬜) climbing over a fence (棥). 棥 also represents the sound.

Components

棥
棥 SoundIconic component

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

𠬜
𠬜 Iconic component

Depicts two hands facing away from each other. Modern form looks like 大.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠬜 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangban

說文解字

《說文》：“樊，鷙不行也。从，从棥，棥亦聲。”

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)