藩
Meanings
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- 1.fence; hedge
- 2.(literary) screen; barrier
- 3.vassal state
- 4.Taiwan pr. [fán]
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Wiktionary
- 1.fence
- 2.boundary; border
- 3.vassal state
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pan, *ban): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 潘 (OC *pʰaːn)
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
藩属 vassal state藩镇 lit. fence town藩库 government repository藩篱 hedge藩国 feudatory三藩市 San Francisco (California)蔡东藩 Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist李振藩 Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龙[Lǐ Xiǎo lóng]曾国藩 Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man三藩叛乱 rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi羊触藩篱 lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经); impossible to advance or to retreat废藩置县 to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)