Character: 番
Modern (Beijing) reading: fān
Preclassic Old Chinese: phar
Classic Old Chinese: phan
Western Han Chinese: phan
Eastern Han Chinese: phwan
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwan
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwǝn
Middle Chinese: phwǝn
English meaning : turn, succession [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) очередь, раз; 2) дежурство, смена; сменяться; 3) иноплеменники; чужеземцы; чужестранный
Comments: The character is attested during Early Zhou with other readings: *pār, *bār, MC pwâ, bwâ, Mand. pó 'be white' (Shujing); *pār, MC pwâ, Mand. pó 'be martial' (Shijing).
Radical: 102
Four-angle index: 1768
Karlgren code: 0195 b-c
Vietnamese reading: phiên
