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蕃

fān / fán / bō
adjective #44,470

Meanings

  1. 1 foreign (non-Chinese)

Examples

HSK 6
古书把外来的东西叫蕃货。
Gǔshū bǎ wàilái de dōngxi jiào fān huò.
Ancient texts called goods from abroad "foreign goods."
HSK 7-9
老菜谱里把西红柿写作蕃茄。
Lǎo càipǔ lǐ bǎ xīhóngshì xiě zuò fānqié.
An old recipe uses the spelling 蕃茄 for tomato.

Tips

usage
Read fān, this is an old variant of 番 meaning foreign or non-Chinese. Modern writing almost always uses 番 instead, so you mostly see 蕃 here in older or stylized text.

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 fān