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蕃

fán / fān / bō
verb #44,470

Meanings

  1. 1 to multiply; to proliferate
  2. 2 luxuriant; flourishing

Examples

条件好，牲畜蕃衍得很快。
Tiáojiàn hǎo, shēngchù fán yǎn de hěn kuài.
Under good conditions the herd multiplied rapidly.
这里草木蕃茂。
Zhèlǐ cǎomù fán mào.
Plants here grow lush and dense.

Tips

usage
In the fán reading the character means to breed or grow abundantly, as in 蕃衍 (to multiply) and 蕃茂 (luxuriant). This is the same sense modern Chinese usually writes with 繁.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical on top ties the character to vegetation and growth, fitting its core sense of plants flourishing and proliferating.
phonetic
番 fān
a turn; foreign
Supplies the sound: 番 drives the fán and fān readings, the same phonetic seen in 翻 and 潘.

Stroke Order

蕃 fán