繁

繁 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11 in Chinese, 糸+10 in Japanese, 17 strokes in Chinese, 18 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人大女戈火 (OKVIF), four-corner 8890₃, composition ⿱敏糸)

• 㩯, 瀿, 𩎆, 𬹬, 𬪤, 蘩

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27803
• Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3444, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7E41
• Unihan data for U+FA59

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *baːl, *baːn, *ban) : phonetic 敏 (OC *mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ) + semantic 糸 (“silk”)

The same word as 蕃 (OC *ban, “luxuriant; numerous”). See there for more.

繁

1. numerous; many

   繁星  ―  fánxīng  ―  numerous stars

2. complicated

   繁體字／繁体字  ―  fántǐzì  ―  traditional Chinese characters

3. luxuriant; lush

   繁盛  ―  fánshèng  ―  thriving

• (antonym(s) of “complicated”): 簡／简 (jiǎn)

繁

1. Alternative form of 皤 (pó, “white”)
2. a surname
3. Only used in 繁塔 and 繁台

繁

1. Alternative form of 鞶 (pán)

繁

1. Alternative form of 敏 (mǐn)
2. Used in 繁鳥／繁鸟.

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繁)

• Go-on: ばん (ban)^{←ばん (ban, historical)}; ぼん (bon)^{←ぼん (bon, historical)}
• Kan-on: はん (han, Jōyō)^{←はん (fan, historical)}
• Kun: しげる (shigeru, 繁る); しげし (shigeshi, 繁し)
• Nanori: えだ (eda); しげ (shige); しげる (shigeru); とし (toshi)

From Middle Chinese 繁 (MC bjon).

• (Tokyo) は​ん [háꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɴ]

繁(はん) • (han) ^{←はん (fan)?}

1. flourishing, luxuriant, heavy or dense (of foliage)
2. rich, prosperous
3. rhythm, regularity
4. complication, difficulty
5. cumbersome, troublesome

繁(はん) • (han) ^{←はん (fan)?}

1. a flourish, luxuriance

⟨sige₂⟩ → */siᵑɡəɨ/ → /ɕiɡe/

From Old Japanese.

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞]

繁(しげ) • (shige) ^{←しげ (sige)?}

1. (archaic, obsolete) a copse, thicket
2. (archaic, obsolete) a repeat, frequency

Nominalization of verb 茂る (shigeru, “to grow thick, be luxuriant”).

繁(しげる) • (Shigeru) 

1. a male given name

From Middle Chinese 繁 (MC bjon|ban|ba).

繁 (eumhun 번성할 번 (beonseonghal beon))

1. Hanja form^? of 번 (“complicated, complex, difficult”).
2. Hanja form^? of 번 (“thicket, foliage”).
3. Hanja form^? of 번 (“luxurious, lush, flourishing”).

繁 (eumhun 뱃대끈 반 (baetdaekkeun ban))

1. Hanja form^? of 반 (“cinch, saddle girth, sash”).

繁 (eumhun 흴 파 (huil pa))

1. Hanja form^? of 파 (“white”).

繁 (sige₂) (kana しげ)

1. a copse, thicket

• Japanese: 繁 (shige)

繁 (sizi) (kana しじ)

1. flourish, luxuriance, overgrowth
2. large in quantity, tight pack

• 繁に (sizi ni)
• 繁貫く (sizinuku)

• Japanese: 繁根 (shijine)

繁: Hán Nôm readings: phồn, phiền

1. many; numerous