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藩: clan, enclosure

JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 潘 gives the sound

18 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 藩はんhan (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and…
  • 藩主はんしゅfeudal lord; daimyo
  • 藩士はんしretainer of a daimyo

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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Also read ハン

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
藩 clan · 艹 + 潘
vs翻 flip · 番 + 羽
藩 has 艹 + 潘 where 翻 has 番 + 羽.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fān

Same form: 藩 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
藩 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
藩 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fān most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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