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番
fān
1. foreign country
2. foreigner
3. foreign (non-Chinese)
4. barbarian
5. classifier for occurrences (of an action or deed)
6. -fold (as in twofold etc)
7. kind
8. sort
HSK 6 Common • Top 7% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (20)

更番
gēngfān
alternately
生番
shēngfān
barbarian
番客
fānkè
(old) foreigner
番椒
fānjiāo
hot pepper
番瓜
fānguā
(dialect) pumpkin
番番
fānfān
time and time again
番茄
fānqié
tomato
番菜
fāncài
(old) Western-style food
番薯
fānshǔ
(dialect) sweet potato
番号
fānhào
number of military unit
番路
Fānlù
Fanlu township in Chiayi county [[嘉義縣|嘉义县<Jiāyìxiàn>]], west Taiwan
番邦
fānbāng
(old) foreign land
番麦
fānmài
corn (Taiwanese)
翻番
fānfān
to double
轮番
lúnfān
in turn
连番
liánfān
repeatedly
吐鲁番
Tǔlǔfān
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
番木瓜
fānmùguā
papaya
番泻叶
fānxièyè
senna leaf (Folium sennae)
番石榴
fānshíliu
guava (fruit)

Alternate Entries

番
Pān
surname Pan
HSK 6

Metadata

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

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