繁

Po2
#1,294 most
frequent character
surname Po

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

繁 pairs 敏 mǐn, the sound part, with 系, a hand tying silk bundles, which carries the meaning. It first meant a cloth ribbon for a horse's mane. From there came complicated, then many, and to multiply.

繁 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Same Characters, Different Readings

繁fán
old variant of 繁[fan2]
繁fán
complicated, many, in great numbers

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