翻
翻 — Flip
flip, turn over, wave, flutter, change (mind)
On’yomiホン (hon)
On’yomiハン (han)
Kun’yomiひるがえる (hirugaeru)
Kun’yomiひるがえす (hirugaesu)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 翻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻訳 | ほんやく honyaku | translation; deciphering; decoding |
| 翻す | ひるがえす hirugaesu | to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision) |
| 翻意 | ほんい honi | changing one's mind |
| 翻案 | ほんあん honan | adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.) |
| 翻弄 | ほんろう honrou | having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with |
| 翻る | ひるがえる hirugaeru | to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to flap |
Study notes
翻 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1465 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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