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Translingual
Han character
范 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿水尸山 (TESU), four-corner 44112, composition ⿱艹氾)
Derived characters
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30834
- Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3196, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8303
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 氾
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*pʰoms, *bom
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| 犯
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*bomʔ
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| 範
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*bomʔ
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| 范
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*bomʔ
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| 笵
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*bomʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bomʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 氾 (OC *pʰoms, *bom).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- huam6 - Chaozhou;
- huang6 - Shantou.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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范
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范
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fàn
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fàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bjomX ›
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‹ bjomX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)omʔ/
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/*(r)omʔ/
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| English
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(surname)
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bee
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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范
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2982
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Phonetic
component
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氾
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Rime
group
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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范
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Old
Chinese
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/*bomʔ/
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Definitions
范
- † bee
- alt. forms: 𧍙
- Simplied form of 範／范 (fàn). Alternative of 笵 (fàn).
- (～縣) Fan County, Fanxian (a county of Puyang, Henan, China)
- a surname
- 范仲淹 ― Fàn Zhòngyān ― Fan Zhongyan (Song dynasty politician)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 范 – see 範 (“mould; pattern; model; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 範). |
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Further reading
Japanese
Kanji
范
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
范 • (beom) (hangeul 범, revised beom, McCune–Reischauer pŏm, Yale pem)
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Vietnamese
Han character
范: Hán Nôm readings: phạm
- chữ Hán form of Phạm (“a surname from Chinese.”).
- 范五老 ― Phạm Ngũ Lão
