GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 111

樊

樊 is read as fán.

Pinyin

fán

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 樊

Basic meaning

fence; enclosure

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Jin/Zhou fief tradition; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Fan fief/place traditions in the central plains, often associated with Henan/Shanxi

Origin note

Fan surname traditions connect 樊 with a fief or place-name layer. The basic meaning of fence/enclosure should be read separately from the surname-origin layer.

Historical figures

樊哙 (Fan Kuai)

died 189 BCE · Western Han general

A founding Han military figure.

樊增祥 (Fan Zengxiang)

1846-1931 CE · Qing poet and official

A late Qing literary and official figure.

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