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幡

fān

Character

What 幡 means

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Words starting with 幡

• 幡然fān ránsuddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
• 幡然改图fān rán gǎi túto change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)

Words containing 幡

• 经幡jīng fānTibetan prayer flag
• 招魂幡zhāo hún fānflag to attract departed spirits
• 扬幡招魂yáng fān zhāo hún(lit.) to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom)…

Characters built on 番

These share the phonetic component 番 (fān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 翻fānto turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 蟠pánto coil
• 蹯fánpaws of animal

Characters that look like 幡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 蝗huánglocust
• 褛lǚused in 褴褛
• 蝓yúused in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read fān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翻to turn over; to flip over; to overturn
• 番(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that…
• 帆sail; Taiwan pr. fán, except 帆布
• 藩fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state
• 籓big winnow basket
• 繙to translate
• 旛pennant
• 蕃variant of 番; foreign (non-Chinese)