The Chinese Radical: 反


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Meaning
to oppose    反

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
cooked rice, food, cuisine, meal
fàn
Left: to eat 饣/ (Below the cover is good food.), right: oppose/opposite (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
To eat? I oppose, unless it is cooked rice!
JLPT HSK 3
plank, board, plate, stiff
bǎn
Left: tree , right: opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
The tree is opposing against becoming a plank.
JLPT HSK 4
contrary, to oppose, against, instead, to reverse
fǎn
Left: cliff , right: hand
Climbing the cliff by hand? I am contrary.
JLPT HSK 5
to return (to)
fǎn
Left: movement , right: against/opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
A movement into the opposite means to return.
JLPT HSK 5
printed page, publication, version, block of printing
bǎn
Left: part/fragment (tree, halved vertically, here: relief of a printing plate), right: against, opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
The printing block is (pushed) "against" for printing a page of the publication.
JLPT HSK 6
to revolt, to rebel, to betray
pàn
Left: half (A knife cuts a birthday cake with candles in half.), right: to oppose (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
With (only) the half I oppose and revolt.
JLPT HSK 6
to retail, to buy and sell, to trade in, to peddle
fàn
Left: money /貝, right: contrary, to oppose (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
When you use your money "contrary", then at "buy and sell" in retail.
JLPT no HSK
to pull, to draw out, to turn
bān, pān
Left: hand , right: contrary (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
The hand does sth. contrary when: pulling or turning.
JLPT no HSK
a slope, hillside
bǎn
Left: hill , right: opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
The hill is opposing against being: a slope.
JLPT no HSK
comply with, to follow (rule)
guī
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), right: opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing!)
The white (sign) that is opposite to you, should be complied.
JLPT no HSK
Used in Ōsaka 大坂 (jpn. city), hill
dà, bǎn
Left: earth , right: opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing)
The earth is the opposite of a slope or a hill, where Ōsaka is.

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