漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
反: anti-
厂 and 又 carry the meaning
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Five readings, and the words that use each
ハンhan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 反対するはんたいするdisagree
- 反抗するはんこうするrebel [v.i.]
- 反応するはんのうするreact
- 反省するはんせいするreflect on
- 違反するいはんするviolate
- 反感はんかんantipathy
- 反戦はんせんanti-war
- 反日はんにちanti-Japanese
ホンhon · on'yomi
- 謀反むほんrebellion
タンtan · on'yomi
- 一反いったんone-tenth of a hectare
そるsoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 反るそるcurve [v.i.]
そらすsorasu · kun'yomi
- 反らすそらすbend [v.t.]
Also read ホ, かえす, かえる, -かえる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)又 hand (meaning) + 厂 (sound)
The character originally depicted the action of turning the palm of the hand, and by extension, it came to mean "to return" or "to reverse.".
Source: Wiktionary, 反 (rev. 92067086), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Cliff/slope (厂) + hand (又). To use your "hand" to push back or "reverse" your direction against a steep slope or an obstacle.”
Connections
反 gives its sound to
The family reading is ハン (han). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fǎn
Same form: 反 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 反 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 反 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.