番 — Chinese character
番
fān
to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn
- Pinyin
- fān
- Radical
- 102 ⽥ (Field)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 米 田
- Formation
- ideographic — Sowing seeds 米 on the farm 田
- Japanese
- 番 as a kanji
Common words with 番
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 番号 (番號) | fān hào | number of military unit |
| 轮番 (輪番) | lún fān | in turn; one after another |
| 番茄酱 (番茄醬) | fān qié jiàng | ketchup; tomato sauce |
| 翻番 | fān fān | to double; to increase by a certain number of times |
| 番薯 | fān shǔ | (dialect) sweet potato; yam |
| 连番 (連番) | lián fān | repeatedly |
| 三番五次 | sān fān wǔ cì | over and over again (idiom) |
| 番红花 (番紅花) | fān hóng huā | saffron (Crocus sativus) |
| 翻一番 | fān yī fān | to increase by 100%; to double |
| 番石榴 | fān shí liu | guava (fruit) |
| 西番莲 (西番蓮) | xī fān lián | passion flower |
English words written with 番
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.