蕃 (fān): foreign (non-Chinese), luxuriant
蕃 (fān) is a Chinese character meaning “foreign (non-chinese).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 艹 (grass). It ranks #3728 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- foreign (non-Chinese)
- luxuriant
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蕃茄 | fān qié | variant of 番茄[fan1 qie2] |
| 吐蕃王朝 | tǔ bō wáng cháo | Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD |
| 吐蕃 | tǔ bō | Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet |
| 蕃庑 | fán wú | variant of 繁蕪|繁芜[fan2 wu2] |
| 蕃衍 | fán yǎn | variant of 繁衍[fan2 yan3] |
蕃 appears in 5 compound words: 60 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
学习蕃字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí fān zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Learning Tibetan script requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
高雄小货车掉落一箱蕃茄 一群机车闪过但仍酿女子压到摔车
gāo xióng xiǎo huò chē diào luò yī xiāng fān jiā yī qún jī chē shǎn guò dàn réng niàng nǚ zǐ yā dào shuāi chē
A box of tomatoes fell from a small truck in Kaohsiung; a group of motorcyclists swerved to avoid it, but a woman was still struck and fell from her bike.
Character Family
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