藩
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fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 艸 +15
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 藩
- Common rank
- #2,766
- Unicode
- U+85E9
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Formation & memory
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Words with 藩
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三藩之乱 | Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi | |
| 三藩市 | San Francisco (California) | |
| 废藩置县 | to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization durin… | |
| 三藩叛乱 | rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi | |
| 藩国 | feudatory; vassal state | |
| 李振藩 | Li Zhenfan (1940-1973), real name of the actor Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2] | |
| 曾国藩 | Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man | |
| 藩库 | government repository; state provincial warehouse (esp. during Qing dynasty) | |
| 藩属 | vassal state | |
| 羊触藩篱 | lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible… | |
| 蔡东藩 | Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist | |
| 藩镇 | lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial admini… | |
| 藩篱 | hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier | |
| 羝羊触藩 | lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible… |