藩
clan, enclosure
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
20 of 39- 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
Study
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.