番

番 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田 (HDW), four-corner 2060₉, composition ⿱釆田)

• 僠, 噃, 墦, 嬏, 嶓, 幡, 憣, 播, 潘, 㺕, 旙, 旛, 膰, 橎, 燔, 𤗹, 𬌌, 璠, 𪽡, 𭻱, 皤, 磻, 䊩, 襎, 繙(𬙆), 羳, 蟠, 譒, 𮚤, 蹯, 轓, 鐇(𫔍), 㸋, 䪛, 䪤, 䮳(𩨏), 鱕
• 勫, 𭻣, 𬏎, 鄱, 𫿓, 𬅱, 𬏔, 㽃, 翻, 𬏗, 飜, 鷭(𬸪), 審, 㢖, 蕃, 䆺, 䉒

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 763, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21858
• Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2543, character 4
• Unihan data for U+756A

Historical forms of the character 番
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban) : phonetic 釆 () + semantic 田 – "animal's footprint in the field"; original form of 蹯 (fán).

“to do in turns; turn; time”

Iterative of 反 (OC *panʔ, “to turn; to return”) by aspiration of the initial (Schuessler, 2007).

“anime series”

Back-formation from 新番 (xīnfān).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

番

1. to do in turns; to take turns; to repeat
2. Classifier for actions, deeds: a show of ...
3. Classifier for the number of times an action has been performed: turn; time
4. Classifier for different kinds of things: kind; type
5. A generic term for the non-Han people in China's west in historical times; (by extension) non-Han people; foreign land; foreign; non-native; barbarian

   番茄  ―  fānqié  ―  tomato [lit. foreign eggplant]

6. (Malaysian Hokkien) Muslim

   入番 [Hokkien]  ―  ji̍p-hoan [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to become a Muslim

7. (ACG) anime series (Classifier: 部)
8. (mahjong) points

• (to do in turns): 輪換／轮换 (lúnhuàn)
• (barbarian): 胡 (hú)
• (Muslim): 穆斯林 (mùsīlín)
• (points):

• → Japanese: 飜(ハン) (han)
• → Vietnamese: phen

番

1. a surname
2. Only used in 番禺 (Pānyú).

番

1. Original form of 蹯 (fán, “animal's foot”).
2. Alternative form of 藩 (“fence”)
3. Alternative form of 蕃 (“luxuriant”)

番

1. (historical) (～縣) Former name of 鄱陽／鄱阳 (Póyáng) under the Qin dynasty.
2. Used in 番番 (pópó, “white; whitehaired”).
3. a surname

番

1. ^† Used in 番番 (bōbō, “valiant; courageous”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 播 (“to spread; to propagate”)

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kun: つがい (tsugai, 番い); つがう (tsugau, 番う); つがえる (tsugaeru, 番える)

• 番(ばん)外(がい) (bangai)
• 番(ばん)犬(けん) (banken): a watchdog
• 番(ばん)号(ごう) (bangō)
• 番(ばん)地(ち) (banchi)
• 番(ばん)頭(とう) (bantō), 番(ばん)頭(がしら) (bangashira)
• 番(ばん)人(にん) (bannin)
• 番(ばん)組(ぐみ) (bangumi)
• 定(てい)番(ばん) (teiban)
• 一(いち)番(ばん) (ichiban)
• 番(ばん)兵(ぺい) (banpei): a guard, a sentry

番(ばん) • (ban) ^{←ばん (ban)?}

1. one's turn (as in a game, etc.)

   次(つぎ)は君(きみ)の番(ばん)ですよ。

   Tsugi wa kimi no ban desu yo.

   It's your turn next.

番(ばん) • (-ban) ^{←ばん (ban)?}

1. (sports) matches

番(ばん) • (-ban) ^{←ばん (ban)?}

1. (applied to numerals) -th: forms ordinal numerals

   一(いち)番(ばん) ― ichiban ― first

   二(に)番(ばん) ― niban ― second

2. (music) verses and the following chorus

   2(に)番(ばん)の歌詞(かし)

   ni-ban no kashi

   second set of verses

• 番目(ばんめ) (-banme)

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phjon).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [번]

Wikisource 番 (eumhun 차례(次例) 번 (charye( 次例 ) beon))

1. Hanja form^? of 번 (“turn”).

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC phan).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [반]

番 (eumhun 땅 이름 반 (ttang ireum ban))

1. Hanja form^? of 반 (“a surname”).
2. Hanja form^? of 반 (“a placename”).

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC pa).

番 (eumhun 날랠 파 (nallael pa))

1. (literary Chinese) Hanja form^? of 파 (“valiant”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

From Middle Chinese 番 (MC bjon|phjon|phan|pa|paH).

番 (po₂)

1. Denotes phonographic syllable po₂.

Only used in the prose of the Kojiki of 712 CE (Miyake (2003) p. 254).

• Miyake (2003) p. 254

番: Hán Nôm readings: phen, phan, phiên, ba, bà

番: Hán Việt readings: ba, bà, phiên
番: Nôm readings: ba, bà, phan, phiên, phen

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999