燔
fán

to roast

To roast 火 meat on a spit 番; 番 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
番
番 SoundMeaning component
fān to take turns

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjon[b]arburn, roast
Zhengzhangban

說文解字

爇也。从火番聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)