The Chinese Radical: 番


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Meaning
foreign    番

Explanation

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

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

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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