番

Stroke order

番 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田 (HDW), four-corner 2060₉, composition ⿱釆田)

• 僠, 噃, 墦, 嬏, 嶓, 幡, 憣, 播, 潘, 㺕, 旙, 旛, 膰, 橎, 燔, 𤗹, 𬌌, 璠, 𪽡, 𭻱, 皤, 磻, 䊩, 襎, 繙(𬙆), 羳, 蟠, 譒, 𮚤, 蹯, 轓, 鐇(𫔍), 㸋, 䪛, 䪤, 䮳(𩨏), 鱕
• 勫, 𭻣, 𬏎, 鄱, 𫿓, 𬅱, 𬏔, 㽃, 翻, 𬏗, 飜, 鷭(𬸪), 審, 㢖, 蕃, 䆺, 䉒

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 763, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21858
• Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2543, character 4
• Unihan data for U+756A

Historical forms of the character 番
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban) : phonetic 釆 () + semantic 田 – "animal's footprint in the field"; Xu Shen interprets both components as the pictogram of an animal footprint. Original form of 蹯 (fán).

According to Tadashi Takada (高田忠周), it's the pictogram of some seeds on the palm of an open hand, which conveys the concept of "spreading". Original form of 播.

Neither Xu Shen nor Tadashi Takada interprets the bottom component as the pictogram of a field.

“to do in turns; turn; time”

Iterative of 反 (OC *panʔ, “to turn; to return”) by aspiration of the initial (Schuessler, 2007).

“anime series”

Back-formation from 新番 (xīnfān).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

番

1. to do in turns; to take turns; to repeat

   • 乃偃旗臥鼓，但循河設火鋪，連延數十里，番步卒以守之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     乃偃旗卧鼓，但循河设火铺，连延数十里，番步卒以守之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government

     Nǎi yǎnqíwògǔ, dàn xún hé shè huǒpū, liányán shù shí lǐ, fān bùzú yǐ shǒu zhī.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Classifier for actions, deeds: a show of ...

   一番好意  ―  yī fān hǎoyì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. Classifier for the number of times an action has been performed: turn; time

   三番五次  ―  sānfānwǔcì  ―  again and again

   • 弼便作難，一坐人便以為屈，於是弼自為客主數番，皆一坐所不及。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     弼便作难，一坐人便以为屈，于是弼自为客主数番，皆一坐所不及。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Bì biàn zuònán, yī zuò rén biàn yǐwéi qū, yúshì Bì zì wéi kèzhǔ shù fān, jiē yī zuò suǒ bùjí.

     Wang Bi proceeded to raise objections, and everyone in the audience considered He Yan defeated. Wang Bi then went on to repeatedly questioned and answered himself. In every case he was unequalled by anyone else in the audience.

   • 問我東歸今幾日，坐看庭樹六番黃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     问我东归今几日，坐看庭树六番黄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 12th–13th century, 陸游 (Lu You), 閒中

     Wèn wǒ dōng guī jīn jǐrì, zuò kàn tíng shù liù fān huáng.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 若稱臣於吳，是一辱也。若吳被魏所吞，陛下再稱臣於魏，是兩番之辱矣。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     若称臣于吴，是一辱也。若吴被魏所吞，陛下再称臣于魏，是两番之辱矣。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Ruò chēngchén yú Wú, shì yī rǔ yě. Ruò Wú bèi Wèi suǒ tūn, bì xià zài chēngchén yú Wèi, shì liǎng fān zhī rǔ yǐ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. Classifier for different kinds of things: kind; type

   別有一番風味／别有一番风味  ―  bié yǒu yī fān fēngwèi  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. A generic term for the non-Han people in China's west in historical times; (by extension) non-Han people; foreign land; foreign; non-native; barbarian

   番茄  ―  fānqié  ―  tomato

   • 余鄉人薛氏，居番三十五年矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余乡人薛氏，居番三十五年矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1300, 周達觀 (Zhou Daguan), 真臘風土記 (The Customs of Cambodia)

     Yú xiāngrén Xuē shì, jū fān sānshíwǔ nián yǐ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (Malaysian Hokkien) Muslim

   入番 [Hokkien]  ―  ji̍p-hoan [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to become a Muslim

7. (ACG) anime series (Classifier: 部)
8. (mahjong) points

• (to do in turns): 輪換／轮换 (lúnhuàn)
• (barbarian): 胡 (hú)
• (Muslim): 穆斯林 (mùsīlín)
• (points):

• → Japanese: 飜(ハン) (han)
• → Vietnamese: phen

番

1. a surname
2. Only used in 番禺 (Pānyú).

番

1. Original form of 蹯 (fán, “animal's foot”).
2. Alternative form of 藩 (“fence”)
3. Alternative form of 蕃 (“luxuriant”)

番

1. (historical) (～縣) Former name of 鄱陽／鄱阳 (Póyáng) under the Qin dynasty.
2. Used in 番番 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”).
3. a surname

番

1. ^† Used in 番番 (bōbō, “valiant; courageous”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 播 (“to spread; to propagate”)

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kun: つがい (tsugai, 番い)、つがう (tsugau, 番う)、つがえる (tsugaeru, 番える)

• 番(ばん)外(がい) (bangai)
• 番(ばん)犬(けん) (banken): a watchdog
• 番(ばん)号(ごう) (bangō)
• 番(ばん)地(ち) (banchi)
• 番(ばん)頭(とう) (bantō), 番(ばん)頭(がしら) (bangashira)
• 番(ばん)人(にん) (bannin)
• 番(ばん)組(ぐみ) (bangumi)
• 定(てい)番(ばん) (teiban)
• 一(いち)番(ばん) (ichiban)
• 番(ばん)兵(ぺい) (banpei): a guard, a sentry

番(ばん) • (ban) ^{←ばん (ban)?}

1. one's turn (as in a game, etc.)

   次(つぎ)は君(きみ)の番(ばん)ですよ。

   Tsugi wa kimi no ban desu yo.

   It's your turn next.

番(ばん) • (-ban) ^{←ばん (-ban)?}

1. (sports) matches

番(ばん) • (-ban) ^{←ばん (-ban)?}

1. (applied to numerals) -th: forms ordinal numerals

   一(いち)番(ばん) ― ichiban ― first

   二(に)番(ばん) ― niban ― second

2. (music) verses and the following chorus

   2(に)番(ばん)の歌詞(かし)

   ni-ban no kashi

   second set of verses

• 番目(ばんめ) (-banme)

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phjon).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

番

Wikisource

番 (eumhun 차례(次例) 번)

1. hanja form^? of 번 (“turn”)

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phan).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

番 (eumhun 땅 이름 반 (ttang ireum ban))

1. hanja form^? of 반 (“a surname”)
2. hanja form^? of 반 (“a placename”)

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC pa).

番 (eumhun 날랠 파 (nallael pa))

1. (literary Chinese) hanja form^? of 파 (“valiant”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC bjon|phjon|phan|pa|paH).

番 (po₂)

1. Denotes phonographic syllable po₂.

Only used in the prose of the Kojiki of 712 CE (Miyake (2003) p. 254).

• Miyake (2003) p. 254

番: Hán Nôm readings: phen, phan, phiên, ba, bà

番: Hán Việt readings: ba, bà, phiên
番: Nôm readings: ba, bà, phan, phiên, phen

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999