The Chinese Radical: 番


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Meaning
foreign    番

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
to turn over, to flip over, to overturn
fān
Left: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.), right: wings 羽
Foreign wings can turn over.  
HSK 4
to sow, to scatter, spread, broadcast

Left: hand 扌, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with accent/emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
The hand puts the emphasized ノ rice (= selected for breeding) on the field when sowing or spreading.  
HSK 6
foreign, ethnic from outside China, (number of) times or fold
fān, pān
At top: emphasis ノ rice 米, below a rice field 田
The emphasized/modified rice on the field is foreign.  
no HSK
water for rinsing rice
pān
Left: water 氵, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Use water such that the husk ノ floats at the top and below the rice is on a space/area 田, when: washing the rice.  
no HSK
banner
fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
This cloth shows, what is foreign: The banner!  
no HSK
a fence (for defense), a pale, border, vassal state
fān
Top: plant 艹, below: water for rinsing 潘 (water 氵, foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Plants or water can be against the foreign, a fence or border.  
no HSK
luxuriant, flourishing, to reproduce, to proliferate
fán
Top: growing plant 艹, below: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Plants that are foreign (invasive species) are particularly flourishing.  

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