翻
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to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
18 strokes
Dict coverage rank #714 U+7FFB
How 翻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
羽 (semantic, “wings”) + 番 (phonetic, fān)
How to remember it
turn over · Heisig RSH #1419
fertilizer + 羽 feathers
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 番
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 番 (fān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番 sound component | fān | to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn |
| 潘 | pān | a river that flows into the Han; surname |
| 蟠 | pán | to occupy; to coil; curled up, coiled |
| 蕃 | bō | abundant, flourishing; barbarians, foreigners |
| 幡 | fān | pennant, banner, streamer, flag |
| 鄱 | pó | a county and lake in Jiangxi province |
| 皤 | pó | white, grey; corpulent |
| 蹯 | fán | paw |
Words containing 翻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻白眼 | fān bái yǎn | to roll one's eyes |
| 地牛翻身 | dì niú fān shēn | (Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasiona… |
| 倒海翻江 | dǎo hǎi fān jiāng | see 翻江倒海[fan1 jiang1 dao3 hai3] |
| 翻江倒海 | fān jiāng dǎo hǎi | lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom); fig. overwhelming; earth-shattering; in a specta… |
| 后空翻 | hòu kōng fān | backward somersault; backflip |
| 翻车鱼 | fān chē yú | ocean sunfish (Mola mola) |
| 翻空出奇 | fān kōng chū qí | to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas |
| 前空翻 | qián kōng fān | (acrobatics) front flip |
| 翻斗卡车 | fān dǒu kǎ chē | dump truck |
| 翻过来 | fān guò lái | to overturn; to turn upside down |
| 机翻 | jī fān | machine translation (abbr. for 機器翻譯|机器翻译[ji1 qi4 fan1 yi4]) |
| 翻动 | fān dòng | to flip over; to turn (a page); to scroll (an electronic document); to stir (food in a pot… |
| 高翻 | gāo fān | (weightlifting) power clean |
| 翻面 | fān miàn | to flip sth over |
| 翻开 | fān kāi | to open up |
| 翻车 | fān chē | (of a vehicle) to flip over; (fig.) to go wrong; to flop |
| 打翻 | dǎ fān | to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy) |
| 翻斗车 | fān dǒu chē | dump truck; tipper truck |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | to revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire); to refurbish (old clothes); newly emerging |
| 空翻 | kōng fān | flip; somersault |