Memory phrase for the character: 蕃

蕃

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Meaning

luxuriant, flourishing, to reproduce, to proliferate

Pronunciation

fán

Explanation

 Top: growing plant 艹, below: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)

Mnemonic
 
Plants that are foreign (invasive species) are particularly flourishing.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
番 foreign
釆 emphasized rice




 Vocabulary

吐蕃 Tǔ fān  Tubo, ancient name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD
蕃衍 fán yǎn  to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
蕃衍 fán yǎn  

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