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fán
  1. 1.(literary) fence
Fán
  1. 1.surname Fan

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.fence; hedge; cage
  2. 2.to fence; to surround with a fence
  3. 3.a surname

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ban): phonetic 棥 (OC *ban, “fence”) + semantic 𠬜 (“two hands”). 棥 may have depicted a fence (resembling 网 or later 爻) between two trees (林).

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