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繁

繁

See also: 緐

Translingual

Han character

繁 (radical 120 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人大女戈火 (OKVIF), four-corner 88903, composition ⿱敏糸)

  1. complicated, complex, difficult

Derived terms

References

  • KangXi: page 937, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27803
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3444, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7E41

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 繁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (緐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
繁 *baːl, *baːn, *ban
緐 *ban
蘩 *ban
瀿 *ban
瀪 *bans

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 繁 繁 繁
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 並 (3) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 桓 (62) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed Closed
Division (等) III I I
Fanqie 附袁切 薄官切 薄波切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bʉɐn/ /buɑn/ /buɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷiɐn/ /bʷɑn/ /buɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biuɐn/ /buɑn/ /buɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /buan/ /bwan/ /bwa/
Li
Rong		 /biuɐn/ /buɑn/ /buɑ/
Wang
Li		 /bĭwɐn/ /buɑn/ /buɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯wɐn/ /bʱuɑn/ /bʱuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fán pán pó
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繁
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ bjon ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[b]ar/
English abundant, numerous

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繁 繁 繁
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 2945 2946 2951
Phonetic
component		 緐 緐 緐
Rime
group		 歌 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 婆 槃 煩
Old
Chinese		 /*baːl/ /*baːn/ /*ban/
Notes 見爾雅 說文作緐

Definitions

繁

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

繁

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. rich, prosperous
  2. flourishing, luxuriant, heavy or dense (foliage)
  3. rhythm or regularity
  4. difficulty
  5. intricacy
  6. complication

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

繁 ‎(hiragana しげる, romaji Shigeru)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

繁 • ‎(beon, ban) (hangeul 번, 반, revised beon, ban, McCune-Reischauer pŏn, pan, Yale pen, pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

繁 (phồn, phiền)

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