反 (fǎn): meaning and stroke order
反 (fǎn) means contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose.
反
- Simplified
- 反
- Traditional
- 反 (same form)
- Pinyin
- fǎn
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Stroke order of 反
反
- fǎn contrary; in reverse
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 反
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fǎn
- 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
Radical and structure
- 反
- Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 4 strokes · built from 𠂆 and 又
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 反
- 反面 fǎn miàn reverse side; backside
- 相反 xiāng fǎn opposite; contrary
- 反正 fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case
- 反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead
- 反应 fǎn yìng to react; to respond
- 反复 fǎn fù repeatedly; over and over
- 反倒 fǎn dào (coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
- 反驳 fǎn bó to retort; to refute
- 反对 fǎn duì to oppose; to be against; to object to
- 违反 wéi fǎn to violate (a law)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).