to take turns, a turn

number of times

foreign, barbarian

inspecting and separating (釆) the rows one by one while walking across the fields (田), — marking each turn or round of inspection. That’s 番.

釆

bian

to distinguish

丿 (a stroke) + 米 ("rice") Symbolizing picking out grains from husks

Symbolizes a footprint, which can be used to distinguish what the animal was by looking at it.

羽

yu

feather, wing

Symbolizes a bird with its wings raised high to show its feathers.

翻

fan

to turn/flip (over); rummaging

to translate

翻飞 fluttering wings; 推翻 overthrow;  翻看 re-examine

翻书 flip pages; 翻译 to translate (lit. turn and exchange)

a number of times (番) to flap with wings (羽) resulting in turned over as it flaps from top to bottom.

播

bo

to sow / scatter / spread

to broadcast

传播 To propagate (ideas, news); 直播 Live stream (lit. direct sowing)

Hand (扌) cyclically (番) scattering things over rows for sowing seeds, spreading info, broadcasting.