返

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

Translingual

Han character

返 (radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹水 (YHE), four-corner 3130₄, composition ⿺辶反)

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		返
variant forms		𢓉 翻 (faan1) Cantonese 番 (faan1) Cantonese

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎn (fan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): faan², faan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fan¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán
• Min Nan (POJ): hoán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ
    • Wade–Giles: fan³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faan
    • IPA ^(key): /fa̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan², faan¹
    • Yale: fáan, fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan², faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan², fan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑːn³⁵/, /fɑːn⁵⁵/

Note:

• faan2 - literary;
• faan1 - colloquial.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: fan¹
  • IPA ^(key): /fan³³/

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán
  • Hakka Romanization System: fan`
  • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³
  • IPA: /fan³¹/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán
  • Tâi-lô: huán
  • Phofsit Daibuun: hoarn
  • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³/
  • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /pʉɐn^X/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.panʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*panʔ/

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

返

1. to return (to); to come or go back (to)
   • 返鄉下 / 返乡下 [Cantonese]  ―  faan¹ hoeng¹ haa^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to go back to one's hometown
   • 返屋企 [Cantonese]  ―  faan¹ uk¹ kei^5-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to go home

   alt. forms: 反

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
   • 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 si^4-2 [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)
   • 開始喐返 / 开始喐返 [Cantonese]  ―  hoi¹ ci² juk¹ faan¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to start to move again
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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

• (to return):

Compounds

• 一去不返
• 七返九還／七返九还
• 不返
• 二返投唐
• 倦鳥知返／倦鸟知返
• 回光返照
• 廢然而返／废然而返
• 往返 (wǎngfǎn)
• 徒勞往返／徒劳往返
• 慈烏返哺／慈乌返哺
• 折返 (zhéfǎn)
• 樂而忘返／乐而忘返
• 流連忘返／流连忘返 (liúliánwàngfǎn)
• 無功而返／无功而返
• 由博返約／由博返约
• 留連忘返／留连忘返
• 積重難返／积重难返
• 覺返迷津／觉返迷津
• 返來／返来

• 返勾
• 返吟復吟／返吟复吟
• 返哺
• 返回 (fǎnhuí)
• 返國／返国 (fǎnguó)
• 返抵
• 返旆
• 返景
• 返本還原／返本还原
• 返棹
• 返正撥亂／返正拨乱
• 返潮 (fǎncháo)
• 返照 (fǎnzhào)
• 返照回光
• 返璞歸真／返璞归真
• 返璧
• 返程
• 返老歸童／返老归童
• 返老還童／返老还童 (fǎnlǎohuántóng)

• 返航
• 返躬內省／返躬内省
• 返轡／返辔
• 返鄉／返乡 (fǎnxiāng)
• 返里
• 返防
• 返魂
• 返魂乏術／返魂乏术
• 返魂草
• 迴光返照／回光返照
• 迷而不返
• 迷而知返
• 迷途知返
• 遣返 (qiǎnfǎn)
• 還元返本／还元返本
• 還淳返樸／还淳返朴
• 還珠返璧／还珠返璧
• 重返 (chóngfǎn)
• 駕返瑤池／驾返瑶池

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Japanese

Kanji

返

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: ほん (hon)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kan’yō-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
• Kun: かえす (kaesu, 返す, Jōyō)^{←かへす (kafesu, historical)}; かえる (kaeru, 返る, Jōyō)^{←かへる (kaferu, historical)}

See also

• 返 (かえ)る (kaeru)
• 返 (かえ)す (kaesu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

返 (phản)

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