# 番

| 番 | U+756A, &#30058; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-756A |
| ← 畩 [U+7569] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 畫 → [U+756B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

番 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田 (HDW), four-corner 2060$_9$, composition ⿱釆田)

#### Derived characters

* 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

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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 |
| | 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 *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban): phonetic 釆 (biàn) + 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.

### Etymology
#### “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 of 新番 (xīnfān).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): fān (fan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faan$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fan$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fan$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): fan$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): huăng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hoan / han
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huang$^1$ / huêng$^1$ / hung$^1$ / hang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$fe
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): fan$^1$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fan$^1$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fan
*** Sinological IPA : /fan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^1$
*** Yale: fāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fan³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fan⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fân
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: fan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /fæ̃¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan
*** Tâi-lô: huan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoafn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: han
*** Tâi-lô: han
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hafn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /han⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /han³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huang$^1$ / huêng$^1$ / hung$^1$ / hang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang / hueng / hung / hang
*** Sinological IPA : /huaŋ³³/, /hueŋ³³/, /huŋ³³/, /haŋ³³/
* hung1 - Chaozhou, only used in 番葛;
* hang1 - Jieyang, only used in 番葛.
* Middle Chinese: phjon
Rime :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 2/5 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰan/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ phjon › |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰar/ |
| English | a turn, a time |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 4/5 |
| No. | 2889 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 飜 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰan/ |

#### Definitions

番
* to do in turns; to take turns; to repeat
    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. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Classifier for actions, deeds: a show of ...
    一番好意 ― yī fān hǎoyì ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* Classifier for the number of times an action has been performed: turn; time
    三番五次 ― sānfānwǔcì ― again and again
    From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
    Bì biàn zuònán, yī zuò rén biàn yǐwéi qū, yúshì Bì zì wéi kèzhǔ shù fān, jiē yī zuò suǒ bùjí. [Pinyin]
    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.
    From: 12th–13th century, 陸游 (Lu You), 閒中
    Wèn wǒ dōng guī jīn jǐrì, zuò kàn tíng shù liù fān huáng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th 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. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* 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)
* 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 [lit. foreign eggplant]
    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. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Malaysian Hokkien) Muslim
    入番 [Hokkien] ― ji̍p-hoan [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to become a Muslim
* (ACG) anime series (Classifier: 部)
* (mahjong) points

##### Synonyms

* (to do in turns): 輪換／轮换 (lúnhuàn)
* (barbarian): 胡 (hú)
* (Muslim): 穆斯林 (mùsīlín)
* (points):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 番 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 臺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 臺, 番 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 番 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 番 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 番 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 番 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 番 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 臺 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 臺 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

##### Descendants

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

#### Compounds

* 一番 (yīfān)
* 一番口舌
* 下番
* 三番五次 (sānfānwǔcì)
* 三番兩次 / 三番两次 (sānfānliǎngcì)
* 三番四復 / 三番四复
* 今番 (jīnfān)
* 兩次三番 / 两次三番 (liǎngcìsānfān)
* 前番 (qiánfān)
* 十番 (shífān)
* 半唐番 (bàntángfān, “a person of half-Chinese ancestry”)
* 吐魯番 / 吐鲁番 (Tǔlǔfān, “Turpan”)
* 和番
* 土番
* 土番鴨 / 土番鸭
* 大啖一番
* 小番子
* 屢次三番 / 屡次三番
* 山番 (shānfān)
* 平埔番
* 幾次三番 / 几次三番
* 幾番 / 几番 (jǐfān)
* 幾番家 / 几番家
* 押番
* 擺番 / 摆番
* 攧番 / 𭣇番
* 放番
* 昭君和番
* 更番 (gēngfān)
* 正番鴨 / 正番鸭 (zhèngfānyā)
* 熟番 (shúfān, “Sinicized ethnic minority”)
* 理番通事
* 生番 (shēngfān, “non-Sinicized ethnic minority, barbarian”)
* 番人 (fānrén)
* 番代
* 番仔 (“foreigner, barbarian”)
* 番佛
* 番使
* 番來覆去 / 番来覆去
* 番儂 / 番侬
* 番囝
* 番國 / 番国 (fānguó)
* 番地
* 番天覆地
* 番夷
* 番婆
* 番子 (fānzi)
* 番子手
* 番客 (fānkè)
* 番弓
* 番張跟斗
* 番役
* 番悔
* 番戍
* 番攤館 / 番摊馆
* 番木瓜 (fānmùguā, “papaya”)
* 番木鱉 / 番木鳖
* 番柿
* 番椒 (fānjiāo)
* 番檨 (fānshē)
* 番瓜 (fānguā, “papaya”)
* 番番
* 番番是福
* 番石榴 (fānshíliú, “guava”)
* 番社
* 番筧 / 番笕
* 番紅 / 番红
* 番羅 / 番罗
* 番船
* 番芋 (fānyù, “Alocasia cucullata”)
* 番茄 (fānqié, “tomato”)
* 番茄炒蛋 (fānqié chǎodàn, “stir-fried tomato and scrambled eggs”)
* 番茄素
* 番茄醬 / 番茄酱 (fānqiéjiàng, “ketchup”)
* 番荔枝 (fānlìzhī, “sugar-apple/sweet-sop”)
* 番菜
* 番菜館 / 番菜馆
* 番薑 / 番姜 (“chili”)
* 番薯 (fānshǔ, “sweet potato”)
* 番藷 / 番薯 (fānshǔ)
* 番號 / 番号 (fānhào)
* 番話 / 番话 (“foreign language”)
* 番路 (Fānlù)
* 番邦 (fānbāng)
* 番錢 / 番钱
* 番騰 / 番腾
* 番鬼 (fānguǐ)
* 番鴨 / 番鸭 (fānyā)
* 番麥粒 / 番麦粒
* 當番 / 当番 (dāngfān)
* 真番 (Zhēnfān)
* 紅毛番 / 红毛番 (hóngmáofān)
* 累次三番
* 翻兩番 / 翻两番
* 翻番 (fānfān)
* 者番
* 西番果
* 西番蓮 / 西番莲 (xīfānlián)
* 輪番 / 轮番 (lúnfān)
* 輪番上陣 / 轮番上阵
* 連番 / 连番
* 這番 / 这番
* 過番 / 过番 (guòfān)
* 顛番面皮 / 颠番面皮

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Pān (Pan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pun$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): puan$^1$ / puang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$phoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Pān
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Pan
*** Wade–Giles: Pʻan$^1$
*** Yale: Pān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pan
*** Palladius: Пань (Panʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pun$^1$
*** Yale: pūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pun$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: puan$^1$ / puang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuaⁿ / phuang
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰũã³³/, /pʰuaŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$phoe
*** MiniDict: phoe$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$phoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰø⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: phan
Rime :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 3/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 普官切 |
| Baxter | phan |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰuɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰuɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰwan/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰuɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰuɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pun$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 3/5 |
| No. | 2878 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 潘 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰaːn/ |

#### Definitions

番
* a surname
* Only used in 番禺 (Pānyú).

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fán (fan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fán
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fán
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^2$
*** Yale: fán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: bjon, paH
Rime :
| Character | 番 | 番 |
| Reading # | 1/5 | 5/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 附袁切 | 補過切 |
| Baxter | bjon | paH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐn/ | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐn/ | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɐn/ | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buan/ | /pwa$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /biuɐn/ | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwɐn/ | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯wɐn/ | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fán | bò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^4$ | bo$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ban/, /*paːls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 番 | 番 |
| Reading # | 5/5 | 2/5 |
| No. | 2895 | 2873 |
| Phonetic component | 番 | 番 |
| Rime group | 元 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煩 | 播 |
| Old Chinese | /*ban/ | /*paːls/ |
| Notes | 釆聲，後作蹯 | |

#### Definitions

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

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pó (po$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): po$^4$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): po$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pó
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pó
*** Wade–Giles: pʻo$^2$
*** Yale: pwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: por
*** Palladius: по (po)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: po$^4$
*** Yale: pòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: po$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: po$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: po$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phô
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰo⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

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

### Pronunciation 5

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bō (bo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bō
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bo
*** Wade–Giles: po$^1$
*** Yale: bwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pa
Rime :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 4/5 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 博禾切 |
| Baxter | pa |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /puɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwa/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /puɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bō |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bo$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pa › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁar/ |
| English | martial |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 番 |
| Reading # | 1/5 |
| No. | 2871 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 波 |
| Old Chinese | /*paːl/ |

#### Definitions

番
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 番番 (bōbō, “valiant; courageous”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 播 (“to spread; to propagate”)

### Pronunciation 6

* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fon$^1$
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fɔn⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

番
* (Hakka, dialectal Cantonese) Classifier for quilts.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 條, 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 條, 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 條 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 條, 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 床 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 床 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 床 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 張, 床 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 張, 床 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 張, 番 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 張, 番 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 張 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 張 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 番 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 番 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 番 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 床 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 番 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 番 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 番 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 張 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 張 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 床 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 番 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 張, 條, 根 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 床 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 領, 床 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 領, 床 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 領 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 領, 床 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 領 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 領 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 領 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 領 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 領 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 領 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 張 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 條 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 條, 床 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鋪, 床 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 床 |

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* 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)

#### Compounds

* 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

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 番
* ばん Grade: 2
* on'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ばん [báꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [bã̠ɴ]

#### Noun

番(ばん) • (ban)
* 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.

#### Counter

番(ばん) • (-ban)
* (sports) matches

#### Suffix

番(ばん) • (-ban)
* (applied to numerals) -th: forms ordinal numerals
    一(いち)番(ばん) ― ichiban ― first
    二(に)番(ばん) ― niban ― second
* (music) verses and the following chorus
    2(に)番(ばん)の歌詞(かし)
       ni-ban no kashi
       second set of verses

##### Derived terms

* 番目(ばんめ) (-banme)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 番
* つが(い) Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 番 – see the following entry. :
| 【つがい】 | [noun] (poetic) pair [verb] stem or continuative form of つがう (tsugau) [godan] Alternative spelling 番い |
(This term, 番, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phjon).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 펀 (Yale: phen) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Hanja

Wikisource 番 (eumhun 차례(次例) 번)
* hanja form of 번 (“turn”)

#### Compounds

* 번호 (番號, beonho)
* 순번 (順番, sunbeon)
* 번지 (番地, beonji)
* 당번 (當番, dangbeon)
* 단번 (單番, danbeon)
* 비번 (非番, bibeon)
* 전번 (前番, jeonbeon)
* 국번 (局番, gukbeon)
* 윤번 (輪番, yunbeon)
* 학번 (學番, hakbeon)
* 번차 (番次, beoncha)
* 결번 (缺番, gyeolbeon)
* 교번 (交番, gyobeon)
* 군번 (軍番, gunbeon)
* 번수 (番數, beonsu)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phan).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 판 (Yale: phan) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Early Modern Korean 반$^韻$ (Yale: pan) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pa̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [반]

#### Hanja

番 (eumhun 땅 이름 반 (ttang ireum ban))
* hanja form of 반 (“a surname”)
* hanja form of 반 (“a placename”)

#### Compounds

* 반우 (番禹, banu)

### Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC pa).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 방 (Yale: pa) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Early Modern Korean 파$^韻$ (Yale: pha) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

#### Hanja

番 (eumhun 날랠 파 (nallael pa))
* (literary Chinese) hanja form of 파 (“valiant”)

#### Compounds

* 파파 (番番, papa)

### References

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

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

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

### Phonogram

番 (po$_2$)
* Denotes phonographic syllable po$_2$.

#### Usage notes

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

### Further reading

* Miyake (2003) p. 254

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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

#### References

* 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