Chinese symbol for “hedge”
藩篱
fān lí
Traditional: 藩籬
hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hedge is 藩篱 (fān lí), defined as: hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hedge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藩 | fān | fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier |
| 树篱 (樹籬) | shù lí | hedge |
| 绿篱 (綠籬) | lǜ lí | hedge |
| 避险 (避險) | bì xiǎn | to flee from danger; to avoid danger |
| 樊篱 (樊籬) | fán lí | (lit.) fence; hedge; (fig.) restriction |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 藩篱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藩镇 (藩鎮) | fān zhèn | lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies) |
| 藩属 (藩屬) | fān shǔ | vassal state |
| 藩国 (藩國) | fān guó | feudatory; vassal state |
| 三藩之乱 (三藩之亂) | sān fān zhī luàn | Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi |
| 废藩置县 (廢藩置縣) | fèi fān zhì xiàn | to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan) |
| 篱笆 (籬笆) | lí ba | fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) |
| 寄人篱下 (寄人籬下) | jì rén lí xià | to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity |
| 围篱 (圍籬) | wéi lí | fence; paling |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hedge”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.