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番
Pān
1. surname Pan
HSK 6 Common • Top 7% ✏️ 12 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

番
fān
to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (3)

番禺
Pānyú
Panyu district of Guangzhou city [[廣州市|广州市<Guǎngzhōushì>]], Guangdong
番禺区
Pānyúqū
Panyu district of Guangzhou city [[廣州市|广州市<Guǎngzhōushì>]], Guangdong
真番郡
Zhēnpānjùn
Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

Alternate Entries

番
fān
foreign country / foreigner / foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an action or deed) / -fold (as in twofold etc) / kind / sort
HSK 6

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,451
Word Frequency Rank
6,094 of 84,292

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