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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 又 +2
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 反
- Common rank
- #157
- Unicode
- U+53CD
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 反
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反动分子 | reactionaries; reactionary elements | |
| 出尔反尔 | old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on … | |
| 反电子 | positron; also called 正電子|正电子[zheng4 dian4 zi3] | |
| 反面人物 | negative character; bad guy (in a story) | |
| 反面儿 | erhua variant of 反面[fan3 mian4] | |
| 反水 | to turn traitor; to defect | |
| 自反 | to introspect; to self-reflect; (math.) reflexive | |
| 反白 | reverse type (white on black); reversed-out (graphics); highlighting (of selected text on … | |
| 反动 | reaction; reactionary | |
| 反手 | to turn a hand over; to put one's hand behind one's back; fig. easily done | |
| 反光面 | reflecting surface | |
| 高反 | altitude sickness (abbr. for 高原反應|高原反应[gao1 yuan2 fan3 ying4]) | |
| 反生物战 | biological (warfare) defense | |
| 反面 | reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad | |
| 三反 | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of … | |
| 反科学 | anti-science; anti-scientific | |
| 平反 | to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied) | |
| 反口 | to correct oneself; to renege; to break one's word | |
| 反特 | to thwart enemy espionage; to engage in counterespionage | |
| 三反运动 | "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of … |
Sound family
These characters use 反 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反 sound part | reverse, opposite; contrary, anti- | |
| 板 | board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff | |
| 饭 | meal, food; cooked rice | |
| 版 | printing block, edition; register; volume, version | |
| 贩 | merchant, peddler; to deal in, to trade | |
| 扳 | to drag, to pull; to twist | |
| 坂 | hillside, slope | |
| 阪 | hillside, slope | |
| 舨 | sampan, wooden boat | |
| 钣 | metal plate; sheet metal | |
| 畈 | field; farm |