The 反 family
反 · fǎn · ㄈㄢˇ — contrary
Know 反 and the readings of 8 more characters follow: 飯、粄、板、返、版、販、扳、阪. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 飯fàn · ㄈㄢˋ部首 飠 食字旁 · to eatcooked rice; meal81%
- 粄bǎn · ㄅㄢˇ部首 米 · uncooked rice(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)67%
- 板bǎn · ㄅㄢˇ部首 木 · treeboard; plank67%
- 返fǎn · ㄈㄢˇ部首 辶 走之旁 · walkto return (to)90%
- 版bǎn · ㄅㄢˇ部首 片 · thin piecea register; block of printing67%
- 販fàn · ㄈㄢˋ部首 貝 · cowrieto deal in; to buy and sell81%
- 扳bān · ㄅㄢ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto pull; to turn (sth) around67%
- 阪bǎn · ㄅㄢˇ部首 阝 耳朵旁 · moundslope; hillside67%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 反 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 反 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 73%.
Words this family builds
- 反正
- 反應
- 晚飯
- 反對
- 老板
- 反抗
- 地板
- 返回
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