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Mythic Mandarin

相反 (xiāng fǎn): meaning and stroke order

相反 (xiāng fǎn) means opposite, contrary.

相反

Simplified
相反
Traditional
相反 (same form)
Pinyin
xiāng fǎn

Stroke order of 相反

相

  • Xiāng surname Xiang
  • xiāng each other; one another
  • xiàng appearance; portrait
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

反

  • fǎn contrary; in reverse
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 相反

  1. xiāng fǎn
    • opposite
    • contrary

Radicals of the characters

相
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 9 strokes · 木 on the left, 目 on the right
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.

相反 in our stories

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  • 他们的观点几乎完全相反，一见面就要辩论，可谁也离不开谁。

    tāmen de guāndiǎn jīhū wánquán xiāngfǎn yí jiànmiàn jiù yào biànlùn kě shéi yě lí bù kāi shéi

    Their views were almost completely opposite; whenever they met they argued, yet neither could do without the other.

    From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 相反

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).