Question

藩 clan, enclosure S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)潘: water in which rice has been washed 艸 6 (none) clan In the particular clan depicted by this character, each member has to take his or her turn watering the flowers.

Accepted Answer

ハン 1 1896 18 140 くさ・くさかんむり 形声 Phonetic This character refers to feudal clans that were abolished in 1871 (Meiji 4) in favor of prefectures (廃藩置県), and thus were predecessors of the modern prefectures. As we know from 落, flowers and water drops each have their own way of falling. This character says that clans´ location was decided in the way flowers, water drops and dice fall: at random. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_%28country_subdivision%29.

Kanji	藩
Onyomi	ハン
English	clan, enclosure
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1896
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 潘: water in which rice has been washed
Number of Strokes	18
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	clan
Koohii Story 1	This character refers to feudal clans that were abolished in 1871 (Meiji 4) in favor of prefectures (廃藩置県), and thus were predecessors of the modern prefectures. As we know from 落, flowers and water drops each have their own way of falling. This character says that clans´ location was decided in the way flowers, water drops and dice fall: at random. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_%28country_subdivision%29.
Koohii Story 2	In the particular clan depicted by this character, each member has to take his or her turn watering the flowers.

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