繁 — Chinese character
繁
fán
complex, difficult; many, diverse
- Pinyin
- fán
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 敏 糸
- Formation
- pictophonetic — silk; meaning component 糸; sound component 敏
- Japanese
- 繁 as a kanji
Common words with 繁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 繁荣 (繁榮) | fán róng | prosperous; booming |
| 频繁 (頻繁) | pín fán | frequently; often |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed; to reproduce |
| 繁忙 | fán máng | busy; bustling |
| 繁华 (繁華) | fán huá | flourishing; bustling |
| 繁多 | fán duō | many and varied; of many different kinds |
| 繁体 (繁體) | fán tǐ | traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 简体 (jiǎn tǐ) |
| 繁重 | fán zhòng | heavy; burdensome |
| 繁衍 | fán yǎn | to multiply; to reproduce |
| 繁体字 (繁體字) | fán tǐ zì | traditional Chinese character |
| 繁琐 (繁瑣) | fán suǒ | many and complicated; mired in minor details |
| 繁杂 (繁雜) | fán zá | many; diverse |
English words written with 繁
繁 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
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.
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