Memory phrase for the Kanji: 藩

藩

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Meaning feudal domain, fief, clan

Pronunciation

HAN

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: water 氵, number, watch, guard 番 (The ripe rice plants (= rice plant 禾+ rice grain 米) on the field 田 is numbered and needs to be guarded.)

Mnemonic

Plants are watered and guarded in the fief (= domain of the clan).

Radicals

艹	plant, grass	Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
番	number, guard
釆	rice & rice plant	The radical: nogome* is understood as a combination of rice-plant 禾 and rice 米*
米	rice	The rice plant has this radical: 禾

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Vocabulary

藩侯	はんこう	feudal lord
藩士	はんし	vassal

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