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Translingual [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic  + semantic  (wings) – to flutter.

Han character [edit]

(radical 124 +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹田尸一一 (HWSMM), four-corner 27620, composition)

  1. flip over, upset, capsize
  2. decode

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 959, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28814
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1406, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3358, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7FFB

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale faan1)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  • flip, turn over
  • wave, flutter
  • a change of mind

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

  • 翻訳 (ほんやく, hon'yaku)

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised beon, McCune-Reischauer pŏn, Yale pen)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin fān (fan1), Wade-Giles fan1)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(phiên)