樊

Phono-semantic compound:

樊 = 木 (“tree, wood,” semantic) + 棥 (“fence; enclosure,” phonetic)

木 indicates wooden construction (fence, palisade).

棥, preserved in ancient forms, provides the sound (bjon / 번) and retains the meaning of fence/enclosure.

Bronze and seal script show multiple wooden posts arranged vertically, sometimes tied or fastened together, depicting a palisade fence.

Thus the earliest meaning is concrete “a fence made of wood posts.”

樊籬 (번리) — fence; hedge barrier

藩樊 (번번) — borders or protective barriers

樊圃 (번포) — enclosed garden or field

These forms appear mostly in classical or literary Korean texts.

As a Korean family name 번(樊)씨 — extremely rare in Korea.

Relation to 藩:

樊 refers to physical wooden palisade,

藩 refers to protective border / feudal domain,

Although both relate to boundaries, but they share etymological and semantic environments.

Classical citations:

《史記·魏公子列傳》 (Records of the Grand Historian)

「秦軍攻樊於城下。」

“The Qin army attacked the palisade at the foot of the city walls.”

樊 = a defensive wooden enclosure.

《左傳·昭公二十九年》 (Zuo Zhuan)

「樊其國門。」

“They fenced in the gate of the state.”

Literal sense: to fortify with wooden fencing.

《後漢書·光武帝紀》 (Book of the Later Han)

「樊崇起兵。」

“Fan Chong (樊崇) rose up in rebellion.”

樊 used as a surname, its main modern usage.