返

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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

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

See 反 (OC *panʔ, *pʰan).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎn (fan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faan² / faan¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): fan¹

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fan³
    • Yale: fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faan
    • Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: faan² / faan¹
    • Yale: fáan / fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² / faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² / fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵/, /faːn⁵⁵/

Note:

• faan2 - literary;
• faan1 - colloquial.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: fan¹
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fan³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³
    • Sinological IPA: /fan³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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: pjonX

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
Baxter	pjonX
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

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 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

   • 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: Kaifang Cidian

     dak¹ haan⁴ zung⁶ hai⁶ zung¹ ji³ jam² faan¹ loeng⁵ bui¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 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: Kaifang Cidian

     zing⁶ faan¹ dei⁶ lei⁵ mei⁶ haau² jyun⁴ [Jyutping]

     have just the Geography test left

Synonyms

• (to return):

Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		回, 返回, 回歸
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	回
	Taiwan	回
	Malaysia	回
	Singapore	回
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	轉, 回
	Guilin	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
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	轉
	Singapore (Fuqing)	轉
Southern Min	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

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

返

(Third grade 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, 返す, historical)}; かえる (kaeru, 返る, Jōyō)^{←かへる (kaferu, 返る, 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

(deprecated template usage) 返 (phản)

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