蕃 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「番」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

grow luxuriously

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • バン
  • ハン
Nanori (used in names)
  • しげ
  • しげる
Other languages
  • 拼音fan2
  • 拼音fan1
  • 한글beon
  • Hán-ViệtPhiền

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8543

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹番

Words using this kanji

  • 蕃社ばんしゃ日本が台湾を統治していた際の原住民の集落などに対する呼称。aborigines village
  • 蕃境ばんきょうland of the barbarians
  • 蕃書ばんしょ江戸時代、欧米特にオランダの書物。Western books (esp. Dutch; in the Edo period)
  • 蕃神ばんしん外国から伝来した宗教の神。または外国の人々が信仰している宗教の神。foreign god
  • 蕃別ばんべつclans supposedly descended from foreign lineage (i.e. Chinese or Korean)
  • 蕃茄ばんか「トマト」の異称。tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
  • 蕃薯ばんしょsweet potato
  • 蕃椒ばんしょうとうがらしの別称。capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers), chili pepper, cayenne, red pepper
  • 蕃茘枝ばんれいしsweetsop (Annona squamosa)
  • 蕃書調所ばんしょしらべしょInstitute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period), Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-12
Four Corner
4460.9
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k12.9
Heisig
2464
Nelson
4056