蕃 = 艹 + 番

蕃 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “foreign things”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 番 (to take turns).

Keyword: foreign things
Pinyin (Mandarin): bō fān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: иностранные вещи
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 蕃 grow wild

Decomposition

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艹 grass
番 to take turns

How to find 蕃 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “to take turns”. 蕃 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蕃 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.