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Kotomora

藩

clan, enclosure

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

藩 centers on a bounded domain: a feudal clan's territory or a physical enclosure that marks off an area.

Most common words using 藩

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  • 藩はん

    han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province

  • 藩主はんしゅ

    feudal lord; daimyo

  • 藩士はんし

    retainer of a daimyo

  • 藩政はんせい

    domain administration (Edo period); clan administration

  • 脱藩だっぱん

    becoming a lordless samurai

  • 廃藩置県はいはんちけん

    abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871)

  • 藩校はんこう

    han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers

  • 藩邸はんてい

    residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo

  • 列藩れっぱん

    many feudal domains

  • 各藩かくはん

    each (feudal) domain; each fief

  • 同藩どうはん

    the same domain; the same province

  • 大藩たいはん

    large feudal domain; large fiefdom

  • 小藩しょうはん

    small han; small (feudal) domain

  • 幕藩体制ばくはんたいせい

    feudal system of the shogunate and domains

  • 廃藩はいはん

    abolition of the han system (1871)

  • 支藩しはん

    subsidiary domain; sub-fief

  • 旧藩きゅうはん

    former (feudal) domain; former fief

  • 旧藩主きゅうはんしゅ

    former feudal lord

  • 知藩事ちはんじ

    governor of a feudal domain (1869-1871)

  • 藩中はんちゅう

    within a (feudal) domain

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Etymology

藩 combines 艹 (grass) with 潘, which likely contributes the sound and relates to water or a boundary. The compound suggests a fenced or hedged enclosure, later extended to a feudal domain.

Meaning mnemonic

Grass 艹 growing over a watery field 潘 marks the boundary of a clan's enclosed territory.

Reading mnemonic

For ハン, imagine a hand-built fence enclosing the clan's land: hand -> ハン, and the fence marks the enclosure.