fǎn

opposite; to oppose; against

HSK 4 #237

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 237th character
Radical ⼜ (29.2)
Strokes 4
Index # 139

Definitions

反 fǎn
  1. 1. opposite
  2. 2. to oppose
  3. 3. against
  4. 4. anti-
  5. 5. to reverse
  6. 6. in reverse
  7. 7. inside out or upside down
  8. 8. instead
  9. 9. to return
  10. 10. to rebel
  11. 11. contrary
  12. 12. to use analogy
  13. 13. abbr. for fǎn qiè phonetic system

Stroke order

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反 stroke order animation

Words containing 反

Word Meaning
to have second thoughts about sth; fig. to regret
feedback; to send back information
to refute; to retort
rebellious nature; tendency to betray others
anticlimax
anti-party
anti-party
tautology
tautology
to express a different view; to take a different position
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
single-lens reflex camera (SLR)
April 12, 1927 anti-communist coup
1927 April 12 coup against Chinese Communists
fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
breeder reactor
breeder reactor
man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
oppression by rulers makes people rebel