叛
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to betray; to rebel; to revolt
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 又 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 叛
- Common rank
- #2,184
- Unicode
- U+53DB
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 叛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反叛分子 | rebel; insurgent | |
| 离经叛道 | to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices | |
| 叛国罪 | the crime of treason | |
| 背叛者 | traitor | |
| 众叛亲离 | lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated | |
| 招降纳叛 | to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains | |
| 叛乱罪 | the crime of armed rebellion | |
| 叛国 | treason | |
| 叛逆者 | traitor | |
| 平叛 | to put down a revolt; to pacify a rebellion | |
| 反叛 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 叛教 | apostasy | |
| 叛变 | to defect; to betray; to mutiny | |
| 叛军 | rebel army | |
| 背叛 | to betray | |
| 叛离 | to betray; to desert; to defect from; to turn renegade | |
| 叛乱 | armed rebellion | |
| 叛党 | to betray one's party; to defect (from the communist party); renegade faction | |
| 三藩叛乱 | rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi | |
| 叛卖 | to betray |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 半 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半 sound part | half; semi-, incomplete | |
| 判 | to judge; to discriminate; to conclude | |
| 伴 | companion, comrade, partner; to accompany | |
| 胖 | fat, plump, obese; a fat person | |
| 拌 | to mix | |
| 绊 | a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip | |
| 衅 | to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice | |
| 泮 | Zhou dynasty school; to disperse, to fall apart | |
| 袢 | robe |