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繁

fán

HSK 5 Character

What 繁 means

1. complicated
2. many
3. in great numbers
4. abbr. for {繁体|fán tǐ}, traditional form of Chinese characters

Other readings

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

• Pósurname Po
• fánold variant of {繁|fán}

Example sentences

• 这是繁体字。
  This is in Traditional Chinese characters.
• 这里交通繁忙。
  Traffic is busy here.
• 天空中繁星点点。
  The sky is full of stars.
• 地震频繁地袭击日本。
  Dìzhèn pínfán de xíjī Rìběn.
  Earthquakes frequently hit Japan.
• 玛雅文明繁荣了多久？
  Mǎyǎ wénmíng fánróng le duōjiǔ?
  For how long did the Maya culture flourish?
• 你能看到天空中的繁星。
  Nǐ néng kàn dào tiānkōng zhōng de fánxīng.
  You can see a lot of stars in the sky.

Words starting with 繁

• 繁荣fán róngprosperous; booming
• 繁华fán huáflourishing; bustling
• 繁忙fán mángbusy; bustling
• 繁殖fán zhíto breed; to reproduce; to propagate
• 繁体字fán tǐ zìtraditional Chinese character
• 繁体fán tǐtraditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 简体
• 繁多fán duōmany and varied; of many different kinds
• 繁重fán zhòngheavy; burdensome; heavy-duty
• 繁琐fán suǒmany and complicated; mired in minor details
• 繁衍fán yǎnto multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
• 繁星fán xīngmany stars; a vast sky full of stars
• 繁杂fán zámany; diverse
• 繁复fán fùcomplicated
• 繁茂fán mào(of vegetation) lush; luxuriant
• 繁盛fán shèngprosperous; thriving; (of vegetation) luxuriant
• 繁花fán huāflourishing blossom; a mass of flowers; luxuriant flowers
• 繁育fán yùto breed
• 繁荣昌盛fán róng chāng shèngglorious and flourishing (idiom); thriving
• 繁博fán bónumerous and wide-ranging
• 繁密fán mìnumerous and close together; (of hair) luxuriant; (of woods) dense
• 繁文fán wénconvoluted; elaborate formalities
• 繁本fán běndetailed edition; unexpurgated version
• 繁简fán jiǎncomplicated and simple; traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters
• 繁殖体fán zhí tǐ(biology) propagule

Words containing 繁

• 频繁pín fánfrequently; often
• 纷繁fēn fánnumerous and complicated
• 名目繁多míng mù fán duōnames of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
• 枝繁叶茂zhī fán yè mào(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper…
• 简繁jiǎn fánsimple versus traditional (Chinese characters)
• 事务繁忙shì wù fán mángto be swamped with pressing affairs; to be snowed under with work
• 满天繁星mǎn tiān fán xīnglit. whole sky, a multitude of stars
• 无性繁殖wú xìng fán zhíasexual reproduction
• 简繁转换jiǎn fán zhuǎn huànconversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
• 良种繁育liáng zhǒng fán yùstock breeding (biology)
• 近亲繁殖jìn qīn fán zhíinbreeding
• 春秋繁露Chūn qiū Fán lùLuxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political…
• 曾繁仁Zēng Fán rénZeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000
• 浩繁hào fánvast; voluminous; many and varied
• 冗繁rǒng fánmiscellaneous
• 灿若繁星càn ruò fán xīngbright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent
• 驯养繁殖xùn yǎng fán zhídomestication and breeding; captive breeding
• 驯养繁殖场xùn yǎng fán zhí chǎngcaptive breeding facility; breeding farm
• 芜繁wú fánconvoluted
• 卷帙浩繁juàn zhì hào fána huge amount (of books and papers)

Characters that look like 繁

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

• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 髻jìhair rolled up in a bun, topknot
• 瞽gǔblind; undiscerning

Sounds the same

Read fán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烦to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 凡ordinary; commonplace; mundane
• 樊(literary) fence
• 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