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<WL>繁 [fán] numerous; 繁殖 fánzhí breed; 繁荣 flourishing; 繁体字@@  [pán] 鞶  [pó] 白色  [mǐn] 𪄴/繁 (HDC:) 繁鳥
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<WL>繁 [fán] numerous; 繁殖 fánzhí breed; 繁荣 flourishing; 繁体字@@; (HDZ:) … [pán] 鞶  [pó] 白色; (姓) [mǐn] 𪄴/繁 (HDC:) 繁鳥
 
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“Luxuriant vegetation, the 每 plants 糸 twisting into a tangle; 从每, 从糸, 会意。Now 繁, on account of a mistake made by the scribes, says the Glose; 误作繁。” —Wieger.
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The character 繁 fán ‘numerous’ combines 糸 (sī) ‘silk/threads’, and 敏(􀢐) mǐn ‘quick’ (phonetic); formerly wr. 䋣, with 每, not 敏.
The character 敏 mǐn ‘nimble’ was not originally a part of 繁. The scribes tended to add strokes to characters to make them fancier. The 攵 in the upper right-hand corner of 繁 is apparently just decoration. (English spelling has a similar history: for example, the word ‘rhyme’ was formerly spelled ‘rime’.)
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 䋣(􂓄) fán ‘(horse's) bridle ornament; numerous’, combines 糸 (sī) ‘silk/threads’, with 每(􀄁𡴋) měi ‘flourishing plants; every/each’ (phonosemantic).
#rG.114.10,126.40,162.34 W.67 K.AD23,GSR265b D.5.3444.3 M.1788 KX..937.01 B.415.1.04
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Note: In the modern form 繁 the component 攵(攴 pū) is a late addition to the old form 䋣, added in an attempt to distinguish 䋣 fán ‘numerous’ from 䋣 fán ‘bridle ornament’ and 䋣 pó (surname); 敏 mǐn seemed like a better phonetic in 䋣/繁 fán; cf. 䋣.
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Compare: 樊(􀝦𤕩) fán ‘overloaded horse, unable to move/advance’; 蕃(􀋙) fán ‘lush herbs/plants’; 蘩 fán ‘hoary mugwort’, formerly wr. 𦾴(􀋒).
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“[䋣] Luxuriant vegetation, the 每 plants 糸 twisting into a tangle; 从每, 从糸, 会意。Now 繁, on account of a mistake made by the scribes, says the Glose; 误作繁。” —Wieger.
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HDZ: : fán : 䋣: 马髦饰; 众多 (cf. 䋣); 茂盛; 复杂, 繁重; 繁殖, 繁衍, 生出许多后代; 概; (草名); (古县名) • pán : 鞶: 马腹带 • pó : 白色; (姓)
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#rG.114.10,126.40,162.34 W.67 K.AD23,GSR265b D.5.3444.3 M.1788 KX..937.01 B.415.1.04 E.1
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#c敏糸每攵
 
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