noun

  1. unconquered savage, uncivilized aboriginal. Messages.dated.
  2. aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction. Messages.hist.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
生蕃 せいばん
生番 せいばん
生蛮 せいばん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
grow luxuriously
バン しげ しげる (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
turn, number in a series
バン つが.い は (2nd, N3)
separate, divide, topped rice radical (no. 165)
ハン ベン サイ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)