Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
返 (radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹水 (YHE), four-corner 31304, composition ⿺辶反)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 1254, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38758
- Dae Jaweon: page 1737, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3820, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8FD4
Chinese[edit]
simp. and trad.
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返
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| variant forms
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𢓉
翻 (faan1) Cantonese
番 (faan1) Cantonese
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Glyph origin[edit]
| Characters in the same phonetic series (反) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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| 扳
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*praːn, *pʰraːn
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| 板
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*praːnʔ
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| 版
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*praːnʔ
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| 瓪
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*praːnʔ, *paːnʔ
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| 昄
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*praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ
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| 鈑
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*praːnʔ
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| 蝂
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*praːnʔ
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| 眅
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*pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ
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| 阪
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*braːnʔ, *panʔ
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| 魬
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*braːnʔ
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| 粄
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*paːnʔ
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| 反
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*panʔ, *pʰan
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| 返
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*panʔ
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| 坂
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*panʔ
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| 畈
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*pans
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| 販
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*pans
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| 汳
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*pʰans
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| 飯
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*bonʔ, *bons
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Pronunciation[edit]
Note:
- faan2 - literary;
- faan1 - colloquial.
Hakka
Min Nan
| Rime
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| Character
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返
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| Initial (聲)
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幫 (1)
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| Final (韻)
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元 (66)
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| Tone (調)
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Rising (X)
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| Openness (開合)
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Closed
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| Division (等)
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III
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| Fanqie
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府遠切
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| Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang
Shangfang
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/pʉɐnX/
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Pan
Wuyun
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/pʷiɐnX/
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Shao
Rongfen
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/piuɐnX/
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Edwin
Pulleyblank
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/puanX/
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Li
Rong
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/piuɐnX/
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Wang
Li
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/pĭwɐnX/
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Bernard
Karlgren
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/pi̯wɐnX/
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Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
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fǎn
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| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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返
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fǎn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pjonX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Cə.panʔ/
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| English
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return
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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返
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2969
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Phonetic
component
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反
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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反
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Old
Chinese
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/*panʔ/
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Definitions[edit]
返
- to return (to); to come or go back (to)
返鄉下 /
返乡下 [Cantonese] ―
faan1 hoeng1 haa6-2 [Jyutping] ― to
go back to one's hometown
- alt. forms: 反
- to return; to give back
- alt. forms: 反
- (Cantonese) to go to
返工 [Cantonese] ―
faan1 gung1 [Jyutping] ― to
go to work
- (Cantonese) back
擠返 /
挤返 [Cantonese] ―
zai1 faan1 [Jyutping] ― to put
back; to return
換返件衫 /
换返件衫 [Cantonese] ―
wun6 faan1 gin6 saam1 [Jyutping] ― to change
back one's clothes
打返 [Cantonese] ―
daa2 faan1 [Jyutping] ― to return a hit; to hit
back 救唔返 [Cantonese] ―
gau3 m4 faan1 [Jyutping] ― unable to be saved: unsalvageable, beyond hope, etc.
諗返舊陣時 /
谂返旧阵时 [Cantonese] ―
nam2 faan1 gau6 zan6 si4-2 [Jyutping] ― thinking
back to older times
去返轉頭 /
去返转头 [Cantonese] ―
heoi3 faan1 zyun3 tau4 [Jyutping] ― to go
back; to turn around
搵返 /
揾返 [Cantonese] ―
wan2 faan1 [Jyutping] ― to find (something that was lost)
整返好 [Cantonese] ―
zing2 faan1 hou2 [Jyutping] ― to repair; to fix
好返 [Cantonese] ―
hou2 faan1 [Jyutping] ― to recover (from an illness)
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沖返個涼 /
冲返个凉 [Cantonese] ―
cung1 faan1 go3 loeng4 [Jyutping] ― to enjoy a shower
剩返兩粒飯 /
剩返两粒饭 [Cantonese] ―
sing6 faan1 loeng5 lap1 faan6 [Jyutping] ― to have only two grains of rice left
Synonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
返
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- to come back, to return, to go back to
Readings[edit]
See also[edit]
返 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
返 (phản)
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