Wiktionary

繁

See also: 緐
繁 U+7E41, 繁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E41
← 繀
[U+7E40] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繂 →
[U+7E42]

繁 U+FA59, 繁
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA59
← 縉
[U+FA58] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 署 →
[U+FA5A]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

繁 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11 in Chinese, 糸+10 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人大女戈火 (OKVIF), four-corner 88903, composition ⿱敏糸)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27803
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3444, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7E41

Chinese edit

trad. 繁
simp. # 繁
2nd round simp. ⿰纟凡
alternative forms
 
䋣
緐／繁
䌓
𦅳
𥿋
䋣
緐／繁
䌓
𦅳
𥿋
𦃍

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (緐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
繁 *baːl, *baːn, *ban
緐 *ban
蘩 *ban
瀿 *ban
瀪 *bans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːl, *baːn, *ban) : phonetic 敏 (OC *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ) + semantic 糸 (“silk”)

Etymology edit

The same word as 蕃 (OC *ban, “luxuriant; numerous”). See there for more.

Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • huang5 - Shantou;
  • huêng5 - Chaozhou.
    Rime
    Character 繁
    Reading # 1/3
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 元 (66)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 附袁切
    Baxter bjon
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/bʉɐn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/bʷiɐn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/biuɐn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/buan/
    Li
    Rong         		/biuɐn/
    Wang
    Li         		/bĭwɐn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/bʱi̯wɐn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		fán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		faan4
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 繁
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		fán
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ bjon ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[b]ar/
    English abundant, numerous

    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 繁
    Reading # 3/3
    No. 2951
    Phonetic
    component         		緐
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		煩
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ban/
    Notes 說文作緐

    Definitions edit

    繁

    1. numerous; many
      繁星  ―  fánxīng  ―  numerous stars
    2. complicated
      繁體字／繁体字  ―  fántǐzì  ―  traditional Chinese characters
    3. luxuriant; lush
      繁盛  ―  fánshèng  ―  thriving
    Antonyms edit
    • (antonym(s) of "complicated"): 簡／简 (jiǎn)

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    Sino-Xenic (繁):
    • → Japanese: 繁(はん) (han)
    • → Korean: 번(繁) (beon)
    • → Vietnamese: phồn (繁)

    Pronunciation 2 edit

    Rime
    Character 繁
    Reading # 3/3
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 戈 (95)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 薄波切
    Baxter ba
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/buɑ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/buɑ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/buɑ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/bwa/
    Li
    Rong         		/buɑ/
    Wang
    Li         		/buɑ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/bʱuɑ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		pó
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		po4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 繁
    Reading # 1/3
    No. 2945
    Phonetic
    component         		緐
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		婆
    Old
    Chinese         		/*baːl/
    Notes 見爾雅

    Definitions edit

    繁

    1. Alternative form of 皤 (pó, “white”)
    2. a surname
    3. Only used in 繁塔 and 繁台

    Pronunciation 3 edit

    Rime
    Character 繁
    Reading # 2/3
    Initial (聲) 並 (3)
    Final (韻) 桓 (62)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 薄官切
    Baxter ban
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/buɑn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/bʷɑn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/buɑn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/bwan/
    Li
    Rong         		/buɑn/
    Wang
    Li         		/buɑn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/bʱuɑn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		pán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		pun4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 繁
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 2946
    Phonetic
    component         		緐
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		槃
    Old
    Chinese         		/*baːn/

    Definitions edit

    繁

    1. Alternative form of 鞶 (pán)

    Pronunciation 4 edit

    Definitions edit

    繁

    1. Alternative form of 敏 (mǐn)
    2. Used in 繁鳥／繁鸟.

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai 繁  
    Kyūjitai
    [1][2][3][4]
    繁
    &#xFA59;
    or
    繁+&#xFE00;?         		 
    繁󠄁
    繁+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    繁󠄃
    繁+&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
    The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.
    See here for details.

    Kanji edit

    繁

    (common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繁)

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    繁
    はん
    Grade: S
    kan’on
    Alternative spelling
    繁 (kyūjitai)

    From Middle Chinese 繁 (MC bjon).

    Pronunciation edit

    Affix edit

    繁(はん) • (han) ←はん (fan)?

    1. flourishing, luxuriant, heavy or dense (of foliage)
    2. rich, prosperous
    3. rhythm, regularity
    4. complication, difficulty
    5. cumbersome, troublesome
    Derived terms edit
    Derived terms

    Noun edit

    繁(はん) • (han) ←はん (fan)?

    1. a flourish, luxuriance

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    繁
    しげ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    繁 (kyūjitai)

    ⟨sige2⟩ → */siᵑɡəɨ/ → /ɕiɡe/

    From Old Japanese.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    繁(しげ) • (shige) ←しげ (sige)?

    1. (archaic, obsolete) a copse, thicket
    2. (archaic, obsolete) a repeat, frequency
    Derived terms edit
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    繁
    しげ(る)
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    繁 (kyūjitai)

    Nominalization of verb 茂る (shigeru, “to grow thick, be luxuriant”).

    Proper noun edit

    繁(しげる) • (Shigeru) 

    1. a male given name

    References edit

    1. ^ “繁”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
    2. ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “繁”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎[2] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
    3. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1682 (paper), page 893 (digital)
    4. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 954 (paper), page 490 (digital)

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese 繁 (MC bjon|ban|ba).

    Hanja edit

    繁 (eumhun 번성할 번 (beonseonghal beon))

    1. Hanja form? of 번 (“complicated, complex, difficult”).
    2. Hanja form? of 번 (“thicket, foliage”).
    3. Hanja form? of 번 (“luxurious, lush, flourishing”).

    繁 (eumhun 뱃대끈 반 (baetdaekkeun ban))

    1. Hanja form? of 반 (“cinch, saddle girth, sash”).

    繁 (eumhun 흴 파 (huil pa))

    1. Hanja form? of 파 (“white”).

    Old Japanese edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “From Proto-Japonic *senkay?”

    Noun edit

    繁 (sige2) (kana しげ)

    1. a copse, thicket
    Derived terms edit
    Derived terms
    Descendants edit
    • Japanese: 繁 (shige)

    Etymology 2 edit

    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “From Proto-Japonic *sensi?”

    Noun edit

    繁 (sizi) (kana しじ)

    1. flourish, luxuriance, overgrowth
    2. large in quantity, tight pack
    Derived terms edit
    Descendants edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    繁: Hán Nôm readings: phồn, phiền

    1. many; numerous
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