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反
反
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Translingual
Han character
反 (radical 29 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹水 (HE), four-corner 71247, composition ⿸𠂆又 (G) or ⿸厂又 (TJK))
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 165, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3127
- Dae Jaweon: page 375, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 391, character 3
- Unihan data for U+53CD
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
反 | |
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| alt. forms | 仮 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (反) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 扳 | *praːn, *pʰraːn |
| 板 | *praːnʔ |
| 版 | *praːnʔ |
| 瓪 | *praːnʔ, *paːnʔ |
| 昄 | *praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ |
| 鈑 | *praːnʔ |
| 蝂 | *praːnʔ |
| 眅 | *pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ |
| 阪 | *braːnʔ, *panʔ |
| 魬 | *braːnʔ |
| 粄 | *paːnʔ |
| 反 | *panʔ, *pʰan |
| 返 | *panʔ |
| 坂 | *panʔ |
| 畈 | *pans |
| 販 | *pans |
| 汳 | *pʰans |
| 飯 | *bonʔ, *bons |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): faan2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán
- Min Nan (POJ): hoán
- Wu (Wiktionary): fe (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ
- Wade-Giles: fan3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faan
- IPA (key): /fa̠n²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: faan2
- Yale: fáan
- Cantonese Pinyin: faan2
- IPA (key): /fɑːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán
- Hakka Romanization System: fan`
- Hagfa Pinyim: fan3
- IPA: /fan³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán
- Tâi-lô: huán
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoarn
- IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: fe (T2)
- IPA (key): /fᴇ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 反 | 反 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 孚袁切 | 府遠切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/pʰʉɐn/ | /pʉɐnX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/pʰʷiɐn/ | /pʷiɐnX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/pʰiuɐn/ | /piuɐnX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/pʰuan/ | /puanX/ |
| Li Rong |
/pʰiuɐn/ | /piuɐnX/ |
| Wang Li |
/pʰĭwɐn/ | /pĭwɐnX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/pʰi̯wɐn/ | /pi̯wɐnX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
fān | fǎn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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| Character | 反 | 反 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
fǎn | fǎn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ bænX › | ‹ pjonX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[b]ˤranʔ/ | /*Cə.panʔ/ |
| English | dignified, grand | reverse (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 反 | 反 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2968 | 2974 |
| Phonetic component |
反 | 反 |
| Rime group |
元 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
反 | 飜 |
| Old Chinese |
/*panʔ/ | /*pʰan/ |
Definitions
反
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Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
反
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Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
反 • (ban, beon) (hangeul 반, 번, revised ban, beon, McCune-Reischauer pan, pŏn)
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Vietnamese
Han character
反 (phản)
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