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樊

fán

Character

What 樊 means

1. literaryfence

Other readings

樊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Fánsurname Fan

Words starting with 樊

• 樊笼fán lóngbird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement
• 樊篱fán lí(lit.) fence; hedge; (fig.) restriction
• 樊城区Fán chéng QūFancheng, a district of Xiangyang City 襄阳市
• 樊城Fán chéngsee 樊城区

Characters built on 大

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

• 奄yǎnsuddenly; abruptly; hastily
• 参cānto take part in; to participate; to join

Characters that look like 樊

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

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 濒bīnto approach; to border on; near
• 樱yīngcherry
• 凳dèngbench; stool
• 槃pánvariant of 盘; wooden tray
• 圜huáncircle; encircle

Sounds the same

Read fán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烦to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 繁complicated; many; in great numbers
• 凡ordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 蕃luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 矾alum
• 燔burn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 钒vanadium (chemistry)
• 笲osier basket of brides
• 氾used in given names and as a surname
• 籵dm
• 璠(gem)
• 蹯paws of animal