返

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返 U+8FD4, 返
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FD4
← 迓
[U+8FD3] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 迕 →
[U+8FD5]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

返 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese, cangjie input 卜竹水 (YHE), four-corner 31304 or 32304, composition ⿺辶反)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1254, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38758
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1737, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3820, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8FD4

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 返
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
返-bronze-warring.svg 返-silk.svg 返-seal.svg 返-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (反) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
扳 *praːn, *pʰraːn
板 *praːnʔ
版 *praːnʔ
瓪 *praːnʔ, *paːnʔ
昄 *praːnʔ, *braːnʔ, *paːnʔ
鈑 *praːnʔ
蝂 *praːnʔ
眅 *pʰraːn, *pʰraːnʔ
阪 *braːnʔ, *panʔ
魬 *braːnʔ
粄 *paːnʔ
反 *panʔ, *pʰan
返 *panʔ
坂 *panʔ
畈 *pans
販 *pans
汳 *pʰans
飯 *bonʔ, *bons

Etymology 1[edit]

trad. 返
simp. # 返
alternative forms 𢓉
翻 (faan1) Cantonese
番 (faan1) Cantonese

See 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • faan2 - literary;
  • faan1 - colloquial.
  • Hakka
  • Min Nan
    • Rime
    Character 返
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
    Final (韻) 元 (66)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 府遠切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/pʉɐnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/pʷiɐnX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/piuɐnX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/puanX/
    Li
    Rong         		/piuɐnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/pĭwɐnX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/pi̯wɐnX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		fǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		faan2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 返
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		fǎn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ pjonX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*Cə.panʔ/
    English return

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 返
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2969
    Phonetic
    component         		反
    Rime
    group         		元
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		反
    Old
    Chinese         		/*panʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    返

    1. to return (to); to come or go back (to)
      alt. forms: 反
      返鄉下 / 返乡下 [Cantonese]  ―  faan1 hoeng1 haa6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to go back to one's hometown
      返屋企 [Cantonese]  ―  faan1 uk1 kei5-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to go home
    2. to return; to give back
      alt. forms: 反
    3. (Cantonese) to go to
      返工 [Cantonese]  ―  faan1 gung1 [Jyutping]  ―  to go to work
      返學 / 返学 [Cantonese]  ―  faan1 hok6 [Jyutping]  ―  to go to school
    4. (Cantonese) back, returning to a previous state
      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
      病返 [Cantonese]  ―  beng6 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to fall ill again
      好返 [Cantonese]  ―  hou2 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to recover (from an illness)
      開始喐返 / 开始喐返 [Cantonese]  ―  hoi1 ci2 juk1 faan1 [Jyutping]  ―  to start to move again
      寫返英文 / 写返英文 [Cantonese]  ―  se2 faan1 jing1 man4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  use English instead
      仲未寫返你 / 仲未写返你 [Cantonese]  ―  zung6 mei6 se2 faan1 nei5 [Jyutping]  ―  still hasn't written back to you
    5. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
      剩返兩粒飯 / 剩返两粒饭 [Cantonese]  ―  zing6 faan1 loeng5 lap1 faan6 [Jyutping]  ―  to have only two grains of rice left
      剩返地理未考完 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      From: 開放詞典 [Kaifang Cidian]
      zing6 faan1 dei6 lei5 mei6 haau2 jyun4 [Jyutping]
      I have just the Geography test left
    6. (Cantonese) Used after verbs for starting a new, good action.
      沖返個涼 / 冲返个凉 [Cantonese]  ―  cung1 faan1 go3 loeng4 [Jyutping]  ―  to enjoy a shower
      寫返啲嘢 / 写返啲嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  se2 faan1 di1 je5 [Jyutping]  ―  to write something
      得閒仲係鍾意飲返兩杯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      得闲仲系钟意饮返两杯。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      From: 開放詞典 [Kaifang Cidian]
      dak1 haan4 zung6 hai6 zung1 ji3 jam2 faan1 loeng5 bui1. [Jyutping]
      When I have time, downing two glasses is always the best.
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (to return):
    Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 回, 歸
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 回, 返回, 回歸
    Mandarin Beijing 回
    Taiwan 回
    Chengdu 轉, 回
    Malaysia 回
    Singapore 回
    Cantonese Guangzhou 返
    Hong Kong 返
    Macau 返
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 返
    Taishan 返
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 返
    Singapore (Guangfu) 返
    Hakka Meixian 轉
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 轉
    Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 歸
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 轉
    Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 轉
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 轉
    Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 轉
    Kuching (Hepo) 轉
    Min Dong Fuzhou 轉
    Singapore (Fuqing) 轉
    Min Nan Xiamen 轉, 倒
    Quanzhou 轉
    Zhangzhou 轉
    Zhao'an 轉
    Taipei 轉
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 轉
    Kaohsiung 轉
    Yilan 轉
    Changhua (Lukang) 轉
    Taichung 轉
    Tainan 轉
    Hsinchu 轉
    Kinmen 轉
    Penghu (Magong) 轉
    Penang (Hokkien) 轉
    Singapore (Hokkien) 轉
    Manila (Hokkien) 倒
    Chaozhou 轉
    Shantou 轉
    Haifeng 轉
    Singapore (Teochew) 轉
    Wenchang 轉
    Singapore (Hainanese) 轉
    Wu Ningbo 回, 轉 rare

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    trad. 返
    simp. # 返

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    返

    1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 轉／转 (tńg, “to go back; to return”).

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai 返
    Kyūjitai
    [1]     		返󠄁
    返+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)     		U8fd4-kyu2.svg
    返󠄄
    返+&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)         		U8fd4-kyu.svg
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    Kanji[edit]

    返

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. to come back, to return, to go back to

    Readings[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ “返”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2022

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    返 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    返: Hán Nôm readings: phản

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