繁

See also: 緐
繁 U+7E41, 繁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E41
← 繀
[U+7E40] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繂 →
[U+7E42]

Translingual

Han character

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

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 1

Rime
Character 繁
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 附袁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /bʉɐn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷiɐn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /biuɐn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /buan/
Li
Rong		 /biuɐn/
Wang
Li		 /bĭwɐn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱi̯wɐn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fán
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
Reading # 3/3
No. 2951
Phonetic
component		 緐
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 煩
Old
Chinese		 /*ban/
Notes 說文作緐

Definitions

繁

  1. numerous; many
    繁星 (fánxīng)
  2. complicated
    繁體字／繁体字 (fántǐzì)
  3. luxuriant; lush
    繁盛 (fánshèng)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 繁
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄波切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /buɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bwa/
Li
Rong		 /buɑ/
Wang
Li		 /buɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pó
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繁
Reading # 1/3
No. 2945
Phonetic
component		 緐
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 婆
Old
Chinese		 /*baːl/
Notes 見爾雅

Definitions

繁

  1. Alternative form of 皤 (pó, “white”).
  2. A surname​.
  3. Used in zh:繁塔 also known as 繁台

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 繁
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄官切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /buɑn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /bʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /buɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /bwan/
Li
Rong		 /buɑn/
Wang
Li		 /buɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /bʱuɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 pán
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繁
Reading # 2/3
No. 2946
Phonetic
component		 緐
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 槃
Old
Chinese		 /*baːn/

Definitions

繁

  1. Alternative form of 鞶.

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

繁

  1. Alternative form of 敏 (mǐn).
  2. Only used in 繁鳥／繁鸟.

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, rōmaji 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)

  1. many; numerous
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