# 幡

| 幡 | U+5E61, &#24161; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E61 |
| ← 幠 [U+5E60] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 幢 → [U+5E62] |

## Translingual
### Han character

幡 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中月竹木田 (LBHDW), four-corner 4226$_9$, composition ⿰巾番)
* pennant, banner, streamer, flag

#### Derived characters

* 𥶋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 336, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9086
* Dae Jaweon: page 643, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 754, character 14
* Unihan data for U+5E61

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皤 | *paːl, *baːl |
| 嶓 | *paːl |
| 番 | *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban |
| 播 | *paːls |
| 譒 | *paːls |
| 鄱 | *baːl |
| 潘 | *pʰaːn |
| 蟠 | *baːn, *ban |
| 磻 | *baːn |
| 蕃 | *pan, *ban |
| 轓 | *pan, *pʰan |
| 鱕 | *pan |
| 鐇 | *pan, *ban |
| 藩 | *pan, *ban |
| 籓 | *pan |
| 橎 | *panʔ |
| 翻 | *pʰan |
| 幡 | *pʰan |
| 飜 | *pʰan |
| 旛 | *pʰan, *ban |
| 繙 | *pʰan, *ban |
| 燔 | *ban |
| 蹯 | *ban |
| 膰 | *ban |
| 羳 | *ban |
| 鷭 | *ban |
| 璠 | *ban |
| 襎 | *ban |
| 墦 | *ban |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰan) : semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fān (fan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fān
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fan
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^1$
*** Yale: fān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fanr
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fal
*** Palladius: фаньр (fanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^1$
*** Yale: fāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan
*** Tâi-lô: huan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: phjon
Rime :
| Character | 幡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 孚袁切 |
| Baxter | phjon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰiuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰuan/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰiuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰĭwɐn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pʰi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 幡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2890 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 飜 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰan/ |

### Definitions

幡
* banner; streamer; flag

### Compounds

* 三幡
* 中幡會／中幡会
* 八幡 (Bāfān)
* 幡仔
* 幡信
* 幡兒／幡儿
* 幡布
* 幡幡
* 幡幟／幡帜
* 幢幡
* 幡然 (fānrán)
* 幡然悔悟
* 幡蓋／幡盖
* 引路幡
* 打幡
* 揚幡招魂／扬幡招魂
* 揚幡擂鼓／扬幡擂鼓
* 白幡
* 白虎幡
* 素幡
* 紙幡兒／纸幡儿
* 經幡／经幡 (jīngfān)
* 靈頭幡／灵头幡
* 風幡／风幡

### Further reading

* Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “幡” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].
* “幡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* flag, banner

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほん (hon)
* Kan-on: はん (han)
* Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban)
* Kun: はた (hata, 幡)、わた (wata, 幡)
* Nanori: まん (man)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pʌ̹n]
* Phonetic hangul: [번]

### Hanja

Wikisource 幡 (eum 번 (beon))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

幡: Hán Nôm readings: phan
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