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藩

fān

Character

What 藩 means

1. fence; hedge
2. literaryscreen; barrier
3. vassal state
4. Taiwan pr. fán

Example sentences

• 欢迎来到三藩市。
  Huānyíng láidào Sānfānshì.
  Welcome to San Francisco.

Words starting with 藩

• 藩国fān guófeudatory; vassal state
• 藩属fān shǔvassal state
• 藩库fān kùgovernment repository; state provincial warehouse (esp. during Qing dynasty)
• 藩篱fān líhedge; fence; (fig.) barrier
• 藩镇fān zhènlit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial…

Words containing 藩

• 曾国藩Zēng Guó fānZeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
• 李振藩Lǐ Zhèn fānLi Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龙
• 蔡东藩Cài Dōng fānCai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist
• 废藩置县fèi fān zhì xiànto abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures…
• 羊触藩篱yáng chù fān lílit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经)…
• 三藩市Sān fān shìSan Francisco (California)
• 三藩之乱sān fān zhī luànThree feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
• 三藩叛乱Sān fān pàn luànrebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi
• 羝羊触藩dī yáng chù fānlit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经)…

Characters that look like 藩

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

• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 瀑pùwaterfall
• 藤téngrattan; cane; vine
• 藻zǎoaquatic grasses; elegant
• 蘑mómushroom
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

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
• 幡banner
• 籓big winnow basket
• 繙to translate
• 旛pennant
• 蕃variant of 番; foreign (non-Chinese)