Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
anti-
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
191 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 反 【ハン】 anti-, antithesis, fanqie, traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
  • 反映 【ハンエイ】 reflection (of light), reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.), application (of an update, changes, etc.), taking effect
  • 離反 【リハン】 estrangement, alienation, disaffection, desertion, defection, breakaway
  • 造反 【ゾウハン】 rebellion
  • 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
  • 謀反 【ムホン】 rebellion, revolt, insurrection, treason
  • 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
  • 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
  • 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
  • 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
  • 反古籠 【ホグカゴ】 wastebasket

Kun reading compounds

  • 反る 【そる】 to warp, to curve, to arch, to bend, to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
  • 反らす 【そらす】 to bend, to warp, to curve
  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Japanese names:
そり、 た
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban, beon

Spanish

  • anti-
  • opuesto
  • devolver
  • reflejar
  • curvarse

Portuguese

  • anti-

French

  • anti-
492 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
393 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
371 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
183 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
342 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
391 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
69 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
324 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
362 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
267 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3663 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
730 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3127 Morohashi
2945 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674 New Nelson (John Haig)
722 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
779 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
146 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
244 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2p2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7124.7 Four corner code
1-40-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53cd Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 乳嘴 【ニュウシ】 (mammary) nipple, teat
  • 砂嘴 【サシ】 spit, sandspit

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • くちばしが黄色い 【くちばしがきいろい】 fledgling, young and inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • 嘴黒阿比 【はしぐろあび】 common loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon
  • 大嘴 【おおはし】 toucan
  • いすかの嘴 【いすかのはし】 (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected), unfortunate turn of events, unexpected turn, (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui3
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4256X Morohashi
905 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
6202.7 Four corner code
1-51-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5634 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 鷸蚌 【イツボウ】 a snipe and a clam, a snipe and a mussel
  • 鷸蚌の争い 【イツボウノアラソイ】 fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does), a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鷸 【しぎ】 sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
  • 鷸駝鳥 【しぎだちょう】 tinamou (any bird of family Tinamidae)
  • 背高鴫 【せいたかしぎ】 black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae), avocet
  • 反嘴背高鷸 【そりはしせいたかしぎ】 pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
hyul

Spanish

Portuguese

French

47359 Morohashi
7003 New Nelson (John Haig)
11b12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-11 SKIP code
1722.7 Four corner code
1-83-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9df8 Unicode hex code