反
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contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #157 U+53CD
How 反 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 又 held up against a cliff 厂
How to remember it
against · Heisig RSH #656
drag + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 反 as their sound component
These characters all use 反 (fǎn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反 sound component | fǎn | reverse, opposite; contrary, anti- |
| 板 | bǎn | board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff |
| 饭 | fàn | meal, food; cooked rice |
| 版 | bǎn | printing block, edition; register; volume, version |
| 贩 | fàn | merchant, peddler; to deal in, to trade |
| 扳 | bān | to drag, to pull; to twist |
| 坂 | bǎn | hillside, slope |
| 阪 | bǎn | hillside, slope |
| 舨 | bǎn | sampan, wooden boat |
| 钣 | bǎn | metal plate; sheet metal |
| 畈 | fàn | field; farm |
Words containing 反
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反动分子 | fǎn dòng fèn zǐ | reactionaries; reactionary elements |
| 出尔反尔 | chū ěr fǎn ěr | old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on … |
| 反电子 | fǎn diàn zǐ | positron; also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] |
| 反面人物 | fǎn miàn rén wù | negative character; bad guy (in a story) |
| 反面儿 | fǎn miàn r | erhua variant of 反面[fan3 mian4] |
| 反水 | fǎn shuǐ | to turn traitor; to defect |
| 自反 | zì fǎn | to introspect; to self-reflect; (math.) reflexive |
| 反白 | fǎn bái | reverse type (white on black); reversed-out (graphics); highlighting (of selected text on … |
| 反动 | fǎn dòng | reaction; reactionary |
| 反手 | fǎn shǒu | to turn a hand over; to put one's hand behind one's back; fig. easily done |
| 反光面 | fǎn guāng miàn | reflecting surface |
| 高反 | gāo fǎn | altitude sickness (abbr. for 高原反應|高原反应[gao1 yuan2 fan3 ying4]) |
| 反生物战 | fǎn shēng wù zhàn | biological (warfare) defense |
| 反面 | fǎn miàn | reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad |
| 三反 | Sān fǎn | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of … |
| 反科学 | fǎn kē xué | anti-science; anti-scientific |
| 平反 | píng fǎn | to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied) |
| 反口 | fǎn kǒu | to correct oneself; to renege; to break one's word |
| 反特 | fǎn tè | to thwart enemy espionage; to engage in counterespionage |
| 三反运动 | sān fǎn yùn dòng | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of … |